James S. Chanos
Kynikos Associates, LP
Jim Chanos is the founder and Managing Partner of Kynikos Associates LP. As the world’s largest exclusive short selling investment firm, Kynikos Associates LP provides investment management services for domestic and offshore clients. Through investment funds, partnerships, corporations, and managed accounts – domestic and offshore – Kynikos Associates LP maintains private portfolios of securities for clients. The Ursus, Kriticos and Kynikos Opportunity funds seek to profit from the unusually high alphas found on the long and short side of the U.S. and non-U.S. equity markets.
Mr. Chanos opened Kynikos Associates LP in 1985 to implement investment strategies he had uncovered while beginning his Wall Street career as a financial analyst with Paine Webber, Gilford Securities, and Deutsche Bank. Throughout his investment career, Mr. Chanos has identified and sold short the shares of numerous well-known corporate financial disasters; among them, Baldwin-United, Commodore International, Coleco, Integrated Resources, Boston Chicken, Sunbeam, Conseco, and Tyco International. His celebrated short-sale of Enron shares was dubbed by Barron’s as “the market call of the decade, if not the past fifty years.” The media has noted his prescience in alerting finance ministers and others about the global financial crisis well before if occurred. His views on the lessons from the crisis, capital markets regulation, and investment strategies, among other topics, are regularly covered by news organizations worldwide.
Mr. Chanos is chairman of the Coalition of Private Investment Companies, whose members are diverse in their size and investment strategies. The members’ clients include pension funds, asset managers, foundation, other institutional investors, and qualified wealthy individuals. In that role, Mr. Chanos has testified before Congress and provided comments to regulations proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom. (Learn more at: www.hedgefundfacts.org and www.financialdetectives.org.)
Mr. Chanos is currently a Lecturer in Finance and Becton Fellow at the Yale School of Management, teaching a class on the history of financial fraud.
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Chanos lives in New York City, and has four children. He is President of the Board of Trustees of The Browning School, and serves as a Trustee at The Nightingale-Bamford School and The New-York Historical Society. Mr. Chanos received his BA in economics and political science in 1980 from Yale University.
Presentations:
- April 2012
A Search for Global Value . . . TRAPS! Spring 2012 - April 11 - October 2010
A Walk on the (Asian) Wild Side Fall 2010 - October 19 - October 2015
Energy Investments After the Fall: Opportunity or Slippery Slope? Fall 2015 - Oct. 20
Conferences:
- Fall 2017 - Oct. 10
- Fall 2015 - Oct. 20
- Fall 2013 - Oct. 22
- Spring 2012 - April 11
- Fall 2010 - October 19
- Fall 2008 - October 21
- Fall 2007 - September 25
- Fall 2005 - October 26
- Fall 2003 - November 13
- Spring 2001 - May 2
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Abrams, David - Abrams Capital, LLC
Ackman, William A. - Pershing Square Capital
Adams, John - Emeritus Professor of Geography, University College London
Aitken, James - Aitken Advisors, LLP
Akre, Chuck - Akre Capital Management
Alexander, Seth - MIT Investment Management Company
Anderson, Keith - Anderson Global Macro, LLC, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Arnott, Rob - Research Affiliates, Chairman
Aronson, Theodore - Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz
Aronstein, Michael C. - Preservation Group, LLC
Asness, Ph.D., Clifford S. - AQR Capital Management, LLC, Managing and Founding Principal
Avery, Dennis T. - Author
Ayer, James - Tiedemann/Ayer
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Banerji, Anirvan - Economic Cycle Research Institute
Bass, Kyle - Hayman Capital Management, Managing Member
Battleson, Wendy - Art Strategy Partners
Beach, Bryan - Stansberry Research
Ben-Ur, David - Corbin Capital Partners
Berg, Gilchrist - Water Street Capital
Bernstein, William - Efficient Frontier Advisors
Bessent, Scott - Key Square Group
Bianco, James - Bianco Research, LLC
Bobrow, Barry - Wachovia Corp.
Bogle, John C - The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Boland, John - Remnant Partners
Bonderman, David - TPG Capital
Bregman, Steven - Horizon Kinetics, President, Co-Founder
Bronstein, Keith - TradeLink, LLC
Brosens, Frank - Taconic Capital Partners
Burbank, John - Passport Capital, LLC
Burn, Christopher - Coxe Advisors, LLC
Byrd, Frank - Fielder Capital Group, LLC
Byrne, John J. (Jack) - White Mountains Insurance Group
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Cannell, J. Carlo - Cannell Capital Management
Cantor, Mitch - Mountain Lake Investment Management
Casares, Wences - Xapo
Chancellor, Edward - Financial Historian
Chanos, James S. - Kynikos Associates, LP, Founder and Managing Partner
Chiappinelli, Peter - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Chilton, Jr., Richard L. - Chilton Investment Co.
Chu, Charlene - Autonomous Research
Cochrane, John H. - The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Cohen, Martin - Cohen & Steers Capital Management
Cohodes, Marc - former managing partner of Copper River Management
Cole, Christopher - Artemis Capital Management
Cooperman, Leon - Omega Advisors, Inc.
Costantini, Giulia - Art Strategy Partners
Coxe, Don - Coxe Advisors, LLC
Curnutt, Dean - Macro Risk Advisors
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D'Alessandro, David - CMDTY Capital Management, LP
Daniels, Francis - Anibok Investment Research Chambers
Deden, Anthony - Edelweiss Holdings, Ltd., Chairman on the Executive Committee
Derman, Emanuel - Columbia University & Prisma Capital Partners
Diamond, Bob - Atlas Merchant Capital, Founder and CEO
Dias, Anne - Aragon Global Holdings
Dimon, Jamie - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Divecha, Arjun - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Dizard, John - The Financial Times
Doppstadt, Eric - Ford Foundation
Doyle, Mark - Sterling Grace Municpal
Druckenmiller, Stanley - Duquesne Family Office, LLC
Dudley, William - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Duffy, Kevin - Bearing Asset Management
Dunbar, Nicholas - Risk Magazine
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Egan, Sean - Egan-Jones Rating Co.
Einhorn, David - Greenlight Capital, Inc.
Eisman, Steven - FrontPoint Partners
El-Erian, Mohamed - Harvard Management Co.
Ely, Bert - Ely & Company, Inc.
Eveillard, Jean-Marie - Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisors, LLC - First Eagle Funds
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Falls, Amy - Rockefeller University
Farrell, Michael - Annaly Mortgage Management
Farrell, Bob - former head of research at Merrill Lynch
Feldman, Robert C. - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ferrari, Ph.D., Leonard A. - Naval Posgraduate School
Fidalgo, Miguel - Triarii Capital Management, LP
Fieler, Sean - Equinox Partners, LP
Fisher, Peter R. - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Flatt, Bruce - Brookfield Asset Management
Fleckenstein, William - Fleckenstein Capital, Inc.
Flowers, J. Christopher - J.C. Flowers & Co.
Frey, Felix - Options Consulting Group, LLC
Fridson, CFA, Martin - Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors LLC, CIO
Friedman, Joshua - Canyon Partners, LLC
Friend, Robert - Recon Capital, LLC
Fuss, Daniel - Loomis, Sayles & Co.
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Galbraith, Steve - Herring Creek Capital Management, Managing Member
Gallagher, Thomas - ISI Group, Inc.
Gayner, Thomas - Markel Corp.
Gelernter, David - Yale University
Goehring, Leigh R. - Chilton Investment Co.
Goldstone, Larry - Thornburg Mortgage
Grant, James - Grant's Interest Rate Observer
Grantham, Jeremy - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Gray, Jonathan - Blackstone Group
Greenberg, Maurice - C.V. Starr and Company
Greenig, Ph.D., Douglas - Greenwich Capital Markets
Greenspan, Alan - Greenspan Associates
Greenwald, Bruce - Columbia Business School
Gross, Bill - Janus Capital
Gundlach, Jeffrey E. - Doubleline, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Gutfreund, John H. - Gutfreund & Company
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Hague, Ian - Firebird Management
Hale, Jr., Martin - Hale Capital Partners
Hall, Andrew - Phibro, Inc.
Hamburger, John - Restaurant Finance Monitor
Hanke, Steve H. - professor The Johns Hopkins University
Harkins, Michael - Levy, Harkins & Co.
Hartnett, Michael - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Haskell, John - Explorador Capital Management
Hathaway, John - Tocqueville Asset Management
Hendry, Hugh - Eclectica Asset Management, CIO and Founder
Hess, Lisa W. - SkyTop Capital Management
Hill, Karl - Country Bank Co.
Hill, Charles L. - Thomson Financial
Hoisington, Van R. - Hoisington Investment Management
Horan, Hubert - Hubert Horan Aviation Consulting
Hughes, John - Quantum Capital Management, LLC
Hunt, Lacy - Hoisington Investment Management Co.
Hyman, Ed - Evercore ISI
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Isaac, Paul J. - Arbiter Partners Capital Management
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Jacobs, Sy - JAM Partners, LP
Jakurski, André - JGP Global Gestao de Recursos
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Kasriel, Paul L. - The Northern Trust Company
Katz, Michael - Glenrock Global Partners
Kelly, Mitchell - Anaconda Capital Management
Klarman, Seth - The Baupost Group, L.L.C., President and CEO
Klody, CFA, Mathew T. - MCN Capital Management, LLC, Managing Partner
Knapp, Robert - Ironsides Partners
Kovner, Bruce - Caxton Alternative Management
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La Nasa, III, Joseph - Serengeti Asset Management, Managing Partner
Lampert, Eddie - ESL Investments, Inc.
Landis, Kevin - Firsthand Capital Management
Langone, Ken - Invemed Associates
Lassonde, Pierre - Franco-Nevada Corp., Chairman
Lawler, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph - Merus Capital Partners
Leder, Michelle - Footnoted.com
Lehrman, Lewis E. - L.E. Lehrman & Co.
Leibowitz, Martin - Morgan Stanley, Managing Director
Levenson, Thomas - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of
Levenson, Carol - Gimme Credit Publications
Lewis, Hunter - Author
Lewitt, Michael - Harch Capital Management
Lipper, Steve - Royce & Associates
Lipton, Martin - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Litinsky, James H. - JHL Capital Group LLC
Lonski, John - Moody's Investors Service
Lukacs, John - Author
Lusman, Joel - Lusman Capital Management
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Marks, CFA, Howard S. - Oaktree Capital Management, LP, Co-Chairman
Martin, R. Brad - RBM Venture Company
Mayer, Martin - Author,
McEwen, Robert - Goldcorp, Inc.
McKenna, Francine - MarketWatch
McQuarrie, Edward - Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University
Mikhailovich, Simon A. - Tocqueville Bullion Reserve
Mikuni, Akio - Mikuni & Co., Ltd.
Miller, William - Legg Mason Fund Adviser
Miller, Steven - Standard and Poor's
Millstein, Jim - Millstein & Co.
Mindich, Eric - Eton Park Capital Management
Mindich, Jeremy - Scopia Capital, LLC
Minerd, Scott - Guggenheim Partners
Moffett, Craig - MoffettNathanson, LLC, Partner and Senior Research Analyst
Montier, James - GMO
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Napier, Russell - Orlock Advisors
Ney, Keith - Carmignac
Novogratz, Michael - Galaxy Investment Partners
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O'Connor, Jerry - O'Connor Capital Partners
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Pan, Vivian - Hamlin Capital Management
Partnoy, Frank - University of San Diego
Paulson, John - Paulson & Co.
Peabody, Charles - Ventana Capital
Pellegrini, Paolo - PSQR Management, LLC
Pickens, T. Boone - BP Capital
Porter, Alex - Porter Felleman, Inc.
Price, Michael - MFP Investors
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Rasmussen, Dan - Verdad Advisers
Redleaf, Andy - Whitebox Advisors, LLC
Reik, Trey - Bristol Investment Partners, CIO
Richardson, Kennedy - Fidelity Investments
Rickards, James - JAC Capital Advisors, Partner
Robertson, Julian - Tiger Management Corp.
Rocha, Bruno - Dynamo Capital, LP
Rogers, James - Author
Rohatyn, Felix - Lazard, Ltd.
Rollert, Jeffery - ALM Advisors
Rosenberg, David - Gluskin Sheff + Associates
Rosenberg, Joe - Loews Corporation, Chief Investment Strategist
Rosenwald, James - Rosenwald Capital Management
Rowe, Frederick - Greenbrier Partners, Ltd.
Royce, Charles - Royce & Associates
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Sandor, Ph.D., Richard - Environmental Financial Products
Sarma, Karthik - SRS Investment Management
Saul, Bob - GMO Renewable Resources, Director Domestic Forestry Investments
Scaramucci, Anthony - SkyBridge Capital
Schiff, David - Schiff's Insurance Observer
Schwarzman, Stephen A. - Blackstone Group, Chairman and CEO
Senor, Dan - Elliott Management
Sherman, David - Cohanzick Management
Shilling, Ph.D., A. Gary - A. Gary Shilling & Co.
Simon, Jr., William E. - William E. Simon & Sons
Singer, Paul E. - Elliott Management Corp.
Smith, Randy - Alden Global Capital
Souza, Cristiano - Dynamo Capital, LP
Sprayregan, James - Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Stahl, Murray - Horizon Asset Management, Inc.
Stephens, Bret - The Wall Street Journal
Stevenson-Yang, Anne - J Capital Research
Stinchcombe, Kai - True Link Financial
Stockman, David A. - Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1981-85
Succo, John - Alpha Investments of New York
Suria, Ravi - Duquesne Capital Mangement
Sussman, Donald - Paloma Partners
Swensen, David - CIO, Yale University
Sylla, Richard - Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Stern School of Business
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Taleb, Nassim Nicholas - Empirica, LLC
Tarrant, Jeffrey - Protege Partners
Thiel, Peter - Clarium Capital
Thompson, Cullen - Bienville Capital Management
Thorn, Jon - India Capital Management
Tisch, James - Loews Corporation
Trennert, Jason DeSena - Strategas Research Partners, LLC
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Volcker, Paul A. - Chariman Federal Reserve 1979 - 1987
Volent, Paula - Bowdoin College
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Wachenheim, III, Ed - Greenhaven Associates
Wadhwaney, Amit - Third Avenue Management
Walsh, Timothy M. - Division of Investments, State of New Jersey, Director
Walter, Carl E. - Author
Warsh, Kevin - Hoover Institution
Weinstein, Boaz - Saba Capital Management
Weiss, Adam - Scout Capital
Werner, Mark - Pierpont Securities, LLC
Whitman, Martin J. - Third Avenue Management
Whitney, Meredith - Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC
Wien, Byron - The Blackstone Group
Winters, David - Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
Wolf, Martin - Financial Times
Wright, Logan - Rhodium Group
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Xiaosheng, Chen - SYWG Research & Consulting, Co.
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Yoo, Simon - Green Visor Capital Management Company, LLC
Yusko, Mark W. - Morgan Creek Capital Management, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
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Zell, Sam - Equity Group Investments
Zelman, Ivy - Zelman & Associates
Zervos, David - Jefferies & Company
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