Chris Hohn
Sir Chris Hohn is the Founder and Managing Partner of TCI Fund Management, a prominent value-based hedge fund. Hohn is one of the world's most successful hedge fund managers and a pioneering activist investor with a track record of shaking up global corporations. He has more than 30 years of experience in the investment industry and has managed equity portfolios for over 25 years. Prior to setting up TCI, he managed investment strategies for other hedge funds for almost a decade. Hohn is a well-known philanthropist and the Co-Founder of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, an independent philanthropic organization focusing on child health, nutrition, education, and climate mitigation, with disbursements in the hundreds of millions annually. He has also become an outspoken advocate of urgent action on the climate crisis, and a prolific contributor to the cause. He was knighted in 2014 for services to philanthropy.
Chris Hohn Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder, Managing Partner, CEO and Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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M.B.A., Baker Scholar
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B.S., Accounting and Economics
Under his leadership, TCI has become the largest UK-based hedge fund and the sixth largest in the world.
TCI manages assets for institutional investors around the world including sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension plans, foundations, endowments and for some of the world's leading family offices.
The fund now manages over $63 billion and has large, concentrated positions in a handful of stocks, including Microsoft, Visa and General Electric.
EARLY CAREER & PHILANTHROPY
Hohn was the Portfolio Manager of the European event-driven investment strategy at Perry Capital, employing capital in the main Perry Partners fund as well as the separate Perry Capital European Fund.
He was an Associate at Apax Partners in London and previously had been a Manager in the Corporate Finance Division of Coopers & Lybrand in London.
He has been featured in numerous financial media outlets and publications, including Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The New York Times, Financial Times, CNBC, and Institutional Investor.
Hohn is one of the UK's biggest philanthropists. He has provided more than £4.5 billion to The Children's Investment Fund Foundation.
RECOGNITIONS
2022 Hedge Fund Lifetime Achievement Honoree
2014 Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM
Hohn is a renowned hedge fund manager and activist investor who frequently engages in high-profile activism.
He often writes open letters to boards and shareholders, combining financial rigor with moral urgency.
Some of his notable campaigns include catalyzing one of the largest breakups in history (ABN AMRO), orchestrating a board overhaul in the U.S. (CSX Rail), and pressuring management on costs, AI ethics, and governance (Alphabet and Google).