Type Private Founder John A. Thaler | Industry Investment management Founded 2007 | |
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Headquarters Greenwich, Connecticut - United States Products Long/Short Equity Hedge funds and Long Equity Strategies | ||
JAT Capital Management is a multi-billion-dollar global equity investment firm that invests in the telecommunications, media and technology, travel, leisure and gaming sectors using a fundamentally-oriented, private-equity-style investment approach.
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Background
JAT Capital is a multi-billion-dollar global equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2007 by John A. Thaler, who previously worked at Shumway Capital .
The firm was ranked as the 17th best performing hedge fund in Bloomberg’s 2013 “Top-Performing Large Hedge Funds” list.
On May 11, 2015, the firm returned $1.7 billion to investors and converted to a family office.
Investment process
JAT invests both long and short in U.S. and global equities. The firm’s investment teams use a bottom-up research process that focuses on developing investment theses versus individual stock ideas. The firm identifies businesses that are undervalued and overvalued and tends to hold long positions for two years or more and short positions for three to twelve months.