Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The World's Hottest Hedge Fund Manager Has Been Buying Facebook



From Forbes: The hottest hedge fund manager in America, who has traded Facebook better than anybody, was a big buyer of Facebook stock during the summer.   Charles “Chase” Coleman’s $6 billion Tiger Global hedge fund held 11.7 million shares of Facebook, valued at $254 million, as of September 30, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing. His hedge fund, which he co-manages with Feroz Dewan, only owned 2 million Facebook shares on June 30. Facebook’s stock fell in price dramatically after the end of June when Coleman built his hedge fund’s position.

Coleman’s Tiger Global Management money management firm set up a venture capital vehicle to buy Facebook stock long before the company’s initial public offering in May. By the time the company went public, Coleman had built a position of more than 50 million shares that he got at bargain prices….

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