Chris R. Hansen

This article is about the hedge fund manager. For other uses, see, see Chris Hansen (disambiguation).
Chris R. Hansen
Born Christopher Robert Hansen
April 29, 1968
San Francisco, California, US
Nationality American
Education San Diego State University (1991), USC Marshall School of Business (1996)
Occupation Hedge Fund Manager
Employer Valiant Capital Management

Christopher "Chris" R. Hansen is an American hedge fund manager. In March 2008, he founded Valiant Capital Management, a San Francisco, California-based global long/short equity hedge fund that in 2012 had $2.7 billion in assets.[1]

Career

Prior to founding Valiant Capital Management, Hansen served as an analyst and a partner at Montgomery Securities and Blue Ridge Capital in San Francisco.[2]

In January 2013, a group led by Hansen reached an agreement to buy the Sacramento Kings and relocate the team to Seattle, but on April 29, 2013, the NBA's relocation committee unanimously recommended that NBA owners reject the current owners, the Maloof family, application to move the team which was submitted on Hansen's behalf.[3][4] The sale to Hansen was rejected by the NBA's Board of Governors in a 22-8 vote.[5][6] In August 2013, Hansen was revealed as the principal financial backer of a petition effort for a public vote on a new arena in Sacramento; a new arena is a requirement of the NBA by 2017 for long-term tenancy of the Kings in Sacramento.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.insidermonkey.com/hedge-fund/valiant+capital/342/
  2. ↑ http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/media/PDF/120216PR-chrisHansenBio.pdf
  3. ↑ http://blog.seattlepi.com/sonics/2013/04/10/report-nba-kings-owners-set-friday-deadline-for-sacramento-group/
  4. ↑ http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9225104/nba-owners-committee-recommends-sacramento-kings-stay-put
  5. ↑ http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/kings-stay-nba-board-of-governors-deny-seattles-bid-to-buy-move-team/
  6. ↑ http://nba.si.com/2013/05/15/reports-nba-board-of-governors-vote-to-reject-kings-relocation-to-seattle/
  7. ↑ http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/16/5657299/seattle-investor-chris-hansen.html