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Salida Capital is a Canadian private equity and private wealth management firm, based in Toronto, Ontario, and founded in 2001. The company paid US$1.68 million in 2009 for some of its executives to dine with Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. In April 2010, the company announced plans to launch a private equity fund, which at the time had C$100 million in seed investment committed so far. Like many financial portfolios during the financial crisis of 2007–2010, Salida's hedge fund declined in value—it fell 66.5% in 2008—but it recovered a portion the following year by rising 83% (recall that to recover from a two thirds drawdown requires a 200% return). The firm subsequently suffered further losses, with the Salida Strategic Growth Fund losing a large portion of its capital before deciding to terminate the fund.