Type | Private |
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Industry | Investment Management |
Founded | 2012 |
Founders | Eashwar Krishnan Tanvir Ghani |
Headquarters | AIA Central, Hong Kong |
AUM | US$8.6 billion (2021) [1] |
Website | tybournecapital |
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Tybourne Capital Management (Tybourne) is a growth investment firm based in Hong Kong with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm makes investments in both public and private markets globally.
Tybourne was founded as a hedge fund in 2012 by Eashwar Krishnan and Tanvir Ghani. [3] [4] [5] [6] Krishnan was previously the Head of Asia at Lone Pine Capital. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Ghani was previously a managing director of Prime Brokerage at Hong Kong office of Goldman Sachs. [3] [6] [7] Tybourne is considered part of the Tiger Cub group due to the firm being spun out from one. [8] The flagship fund known as the Tybourne Equity Master Fund raised $500 million in its debut and employed a Long/short equity strategy. [3] [9] Later on it would also have a long-only fund. [7]
Tybourne's flagship fund had a return of 16.04% and 12.70% in 2013 and 2015 respectively. [4] [9] In 2015, Tybourne was ranked as one of the largest hedge fund buyer of Alibaba American depositary receipts. [5] From a report near the end of 2016 from Bloomberg News , the fund made money every year. [7]
In 2019, Tybourne established the Tybourne Strategic Opportunities Fund which would invest in private companies. [6] [10] The University of Michigan committed $50 million to the fund. [10]
In 2020, the Tybourne Equity Master Fund returned almost 53% after a successful COVID-19 strategy. [11] [12]
In May 2021, Tybourne established the Tybourne Strategic Opportunities Fund II. [6] In July, the University of Michigan committed another $50 million to that fund. [6]
In December 2021, Tybourne shut down its $2.8 billion flagship hedge fund and returned money to investors citing difficulties in profitability. [12] The Fund declined by over 16% during 2021. [12] The firm going forward would focus only on its long-only strategy and private investment funds. [12]
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