She gained media attention in 1997 for her involvement in the Harvard Institute for International Development's Russian aide controversy and in the 2010s for her firm’s role in Argentina’s debt restructuring.
[2][3] As of 2019, she is the wealthiest female hedge fund founder in the U.S.[4] Nancy Zimmerman was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, the youngest of two girls.
[4] In 2016, Bracebridge and a group of hedge funds successfully contested the debt obligations of Argentina in a New York court of law.
[10] As part of a settlement, Zimmerman subsequently paid $1.5 million to the US government through one of her companies, Farallon Fixed Income Associates.
She also serves as the Chair of the Carney Institute for Brain Science Advisory Council and is a member of the board of directors of Social Finance.