John A. Thaler

John A. Thaler
Born 1975[1]
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Chicago[2]
Occupation Founder and Portfolio Manager,
JAT Capital Management

John A. Thaler is the founder of JAT Capital Management LP, a multi-billion-dollar global equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut.[3]

Early Life and Education

John Thaler grew up in Mastic Beach, NY, where he attended William Floyd High School and graduated from the school in 1993.[4][5] He later studied at the University of Chicago and graduated with a B.A. in economics in 1997.[6]

Career

Thaler joined Shumway Capital in 2002 and began to manage his own fund – the Shumway Omni fund – in 2006, which focused on technology, media and telecommunications.[7][8] Prior to working at Shumway, Thaler was a banking analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co. and an associate at private-equity firm Spectrum Equity Investors LP.[9] He left Shumway in 2007 to open his own hedge fund, JAT Capital Management, named after his initials.[2]

Thaler is known amongst those in the hedge fund industry as a Tiger grand-cub, due to his time spent working with Tiger cub Chris Shumway at Shumway Capital, who worked under Julian Robertson at Tiger Management.[10] According to Institutional Investor’s Alpha, Tiger Cubs and Tiger Grand-cubs are some of the most recognized long-short managers and stock pickers in the hedge fund industry.[11]

JAT Capital

JAT Capital Management LP was founded in 2007 by John Thaler and primarily invests in the technology, media, telecommunications and gaming sectors.[12] According to Market Realist, the firm invests long and short using a private-equity-like investing approach that takes a long-term perspective and incorporates constructive engagement with management teams.[13]

Investment Strategy

According to Bloomberg, Thaler’s JAT Capital fund uses a long-short strategy that seeks to profit by betting on rising and falling stocks and is focused on technology, media, telecommunications, travel and leisure companies.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "John A. Thaler". CrunchBase. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Hedge Fund - Jat Capital Management". Insider Monkey. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "JAT Capital Management". CrunchBase. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2009 Distinguished Alumni Award". William Floyd Alumni. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni" (PDF). William Floyd Alumni Association Newsletter. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alumnus Points to Fraternity’s Vital Role in Young Brothers’ Lives" (PDF). The Review of Psi Upsilon. Fall 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tomorrow’s Titans: Blue Chip Managers for the 2010s" (PDF). The Hedge Fund Journal. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Juliet Chung and Rob Copeland (May 11, 2015). "JAT Capital Management Returning Investor Money". The Wall Street Journal.
  9. ↑ "Executive Profile John Anthony Thaler". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Tiger and His Cubs". The New York Times. July 30, 2012.
  11. ↑ Stephen Taub (January 9, 2014). "How the Tiger Cubs Stacked Up in 2013". Institutional Investor’s Alpha.
  12. ↑ "JAT Capital". Hedge Fund Letters. February 18, 2015.
  13. ↑ Santiago Solari (March 27, 2015). "Highlights of JAT Capital’s Fourth-Quarter 13F Positions". Market Realist.
  14. ↑ Sarah Rabil (August 23, 2014). "Madison Square Garden Pushed by Hedge Fund to Boost Value". Bloomberg News.
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