Tag Archives: personal-interests


Hedge fund Greenlight down more as VW surges

October 29, 2008 : Permalink

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital suffered heavy losses in his portfolio when German carmaker Volkswagen’s shares spiked 82 percent on Tuesday, people familiar with his portfolio said. The German carmaker briefly zoomed past Exxon Mobil to become the […]

Short-sellers have banks worried

September 15, 2008 : Permalink

International Herald Tribune – In May, David Einhorn, an outspoken hedge fund manager, took the microphone at a large industry gathering and laid out his case against the investment bank Lehman Brothers. The firm, he told the crowd, had used "accounting […]

A Hedge Fund Manager’s Crusade To Expose Losses

July 2, 2008 : Permalink

NPR News- The people who run hedge funds can be famously secretive about their work. Not David Einhorn. Einhorn founded Greenlight Capital, which manages about $6 billion in assets. He recently waged a very public battle against Lehman Brothers, claiming […]