Sachem Head Capital Management, based in New York City and led by Scott Ferguson, is a value-oriented investment management firm established in 2012.
Scott Ferguson is the managing partner and portfolio manager at Sachem Head Capital Management, a New York-based firm specializing in value-oriented investment management. Before founding Sachem Head, Scott spent nine years at Pershing Square Capital Management, where he was the firm's first investment professional before its launch. Before joining Pershing Square, Scott earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2003 and held a vice president role at American Industrial Partners, a private equity firm focused on operations, from 1999 to 2001. His career began as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company from 1996 to 1999 following his graduation from Stanford University with an AB in Public Policy in 1996.
Sachem Head Capital Management is a hedge fund managing $3,394,779,267 in discretionary assets for 14 clients, according to their Form ADV filed on March 2024. Their Q1 2024 13F filing disclosed $2,337,221,874 in managed 13F securities, with a top 10 holdings concentration of 94.56%. The firm's largest holding is US Foods Holding Corp, with 15,932,877 shares held.