Mala Gaonkar launched SurgoCap Partners at the beginning of this year. With $1.8 billion of assets under management, the firm was the largest-ever female-lead hedge fund launch. SurgoCap’s focus is on the disruptive effects of technology across broad industry categories.
Prior to starting SurgoCap, Gaonkar worked at Lone Pine, where she was a portfolio manager for the firm’s technology, media, internet and telecommunications exposure. She was also co-portfolio manager of Lone Pine’s long-only funds. She was one of Lone Pine’s founding partners when it started out in 1998.
Gaonkar was one of the key fund speakers at this year’s New York Sohn Investment Conference, where the manager pitched the London Stock Exchange, as one of the best, and cheapest, companies in the...
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