Adam Weiss Formerly Of Scout Capital: It's Time To Short Activism

Adam Weiss has a commendable track record. His first hedge fund,Scout Capital closed its doors in 2014 returning more than $6.5 billion to investors after beating the S&P 500 consistently by an average of 12% per annum for fifteen years.

[klarman]

But it didn’t take Mr. Weiss long to return to the money management business. In June this year, Adam Weiss launched launching Palo Alto, California-based Stillwater Investment Management with the intention of running a smaller, simpler and faster fund than the giant Scout Capital.

Adam Weiss hunts for high-quality companies that are going through a period of change and are fundamentally misunderstood by the market. Also, Stillwater is always on the look out for attractive shorts and right now, a significant portion of the fund’s...