Established by Mark Kingdon in April 1983, Kingdon Capital Management is a distinguished hedge fund manager headquartered in New York. Catering to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients, the firm specializes in investing in growth and value stocks across all-cap companies. Additionally, Kingdon engages in currency futures and options, employing long/short equity strategies to optimize returns.
Mark E. Kingdon is a seasoned hedge fund manager and currently serves as the president of Kingdon Capital Management, a prominent US investment management firm overseeing approximately $623 million in assets under management. After graduating from Columbia College in 1971 and Harvard Business School in 1973, Kingdon began his professional journey at AT&T as a pension fund administrator from 1973 to 1975. He then joined Century Capital Associates in 1975, where he spent eight years honing his financial expertise. In 1983, recognizing a lucrative opportunity, Kingdon founded Kingdon Capital Management with an initial capital of $2 million. By 2007, under his leadership, the firm had grown exponentially to become a $5.9 billion hedge fund, earning acclaim on the Financial Times' "100 Hedge Funds to Watch" list. Throughout the period from 1983 to 2000, Kingdon's fund consistently delivered impressive results, boasting a compounded annual return of 22.99%.
Kingdon Capital Management is a hedge fund managing assets for 7 clients with discretionary assets under management (AUM) totaling $823,482,990 as of March 2024, according to their Form ADV. Their most recent 13F filing for Q1 2024 reported $915,769,296 in managed 13F securities, with a top 10 holdings concentration of 25.78%. The largest holding in Kingdon Capital Management's portfolio is The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund, with 750,000 shares held.
| Fund Name: | Kingdon Capital |
| Manager | Mark E. Kingdon |
| Portfolio Value | $901,810,532 |
| Change This QTR | +0.97% |
| No. | Security | Ticker | Shares | Value | Activity | % Port | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SPY | 150,000 | $86,064,000 | NEW | 9.54% | ||
| 2. | XLB | 750,000 | $33,990,000 | -7% | 3.76% | ||
| 3. | INSM | 400,000 | $29,200,000 | -36% | 3.23% | ||
| 4. | THC | 166,222 | $27,626,096 | +21% | 3.06% | ||
| 5. | Vistra Corp.PUT | VST | 200,000 | $23,708,000 | NEW | 2.62% |
| Symbol | Company | Filed By | Filing Date | Filing |
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| 2024-04-15 | ||||
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| 2023-11-29 | ||||
| 2023-04-13 |
