Atticus Capital
Atticus Capital was a Wall Street hedge fund. It was founded by Nathaniel Rothschild and Timothy Barakett in 1995.[1]
History
[edit]Atticus helped to stop the Deutsche Börse from taking over the London Stock Exchange.[1]
Atticus was instrumental in the merger of Arcelor with Mittal Steel.[1]
Atticus, from a minority shareholder position, prevented Phelps Dodge from merging with INCO Ltd in 2006 because it insisted on a share buy-back scheme rather than the merger investment.[1]
In 2006, Atticus was rumoured to have $10 billion under administration.[1]
Before it was wound down in 2010, Atticus was rumoured to have $20 billion under administration.[2]
Leadership
[edit]Timothy Barakett was CEO of Atticus for the first 15 years of its life.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e McNish, Jacquie (24 November 2006). "The great Canadian mining disaster". The Globe and Mail Inc.
- ^ a b "Two elected to Harvard Corporation". The Harvard Gazette. 11 February 2019.