Kir Kahlon

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Kir Kahlon is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Scorpion Capital, where he directs the firm's idea generation and research initiatives. Kahlon has exclusively focused on shorts since 2013, with a particular focus on frauds and promotions. Prior to Scorpion Capital, he worked for Seligman Investments where he was responsible for healthcare, mostly biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and device shorts based in Silicon Valley and New York. Prior to Seligman, he worked with Tiger Global Management, a pre-eminent hedge fund, focusing exclusively on deep-dive investigative shorts. He began his career at the global management consulting firm, Bain & Company.

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Kahlon began his career in management consulting at Bain & Company.
He spent six years in Silicon Valley, mostly as founder/CEO of an enterprise software company where I raised $15 million of venture capital.
Kahlon entered the investment business in 2004 when he was hired by activist investor Carl Icahn.
He worked on a small team reporting to Carl provided an opportunity to learn from one of the greatest investors of all time.
He also worked on distressed and activist situations, including serving as interim COO of a $500 million revenue company post-bankruptcy.

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