investment management founded new york city usa november 1997 headquarters ibm building new york city key people christopher tsai founder website www.tsaicapital.com tsai capital corporation is a manhattan based 1 investment management and advisory firm . 2 3 the company was founded by christopher tsai in 1997 4 when he was 22 years old . 2 tsai is the son of the late american financier gerald tsai . 5 the firm primarily focuses on high quality growth companies . 3 4 in 2005 the firm maintained holdings in companies like walmart ups and johnson & johnson . 6 more recently the firm has invested in china among other emerging markets maintaining holdings in jardine matheson . 7 contents 1 history 2 operation 3 references 4 external links history edit at the age of 16 christopher tsai managed the liquid savings around 400 000 of a chinese restauranteur . he used the capital he earned from that client and some capital from his family to start tsai capital in 1997 at the age of 22 . 2 since its foundation the firm has maintained a focus on global equities and long term investments . 8 during that time tsai capital managed the money of primarily high net worth individuals and family offices . 9 the firm also invested in high quality growth companies like walgreens bed bath & beyond wrigley and gillette . 6 in 2011 tsai capital launched a long short equity fund . 9 10 the fund launched with around 20 million in existing capital from current clients . 10 it operates using similar precepts found in tsai capital s long only separate accounts . 5 in 2010 tsai capital created a 5 member advisory committee . in july 2013 kristofer segerberg formerly of soros fund management was appointed to the committee . 11 in 2014 the firm launched a seed and venture capital division called tsai ventures . tsai ventures provides seed funding for start up companies . justin soffer an internet media specialist has partnered with tsai capital for this venture . 2 in april 2015 tsai capital corporation and its affiliates led a 3 million series a preferred stock financing for untapt inc. 12 the firm invested in companies with exposure to asia in 2014 . 4 the firm has invested in companies like jardine matheson . they have also invested in colgate palmolive because of that company s influence and holdings in asian markets . tsai capital has used this strategy with other american based multinational corporations . 7 operation edit since its inception tsai capital has focused on growth companies that the firm believes have high upside potential and downside protection . christopher tsai has stated that the firm looks for companies that it believes can grow for a long period of time . 3 the company s research method has been described as painstaking . although tsai capital operates a long short equity fund it still primarily makes investments on a long term basis . the firm uses shorting sparingly . 7 the firm often uses short positions on stock market indexes in an attempt to achieve added safety . 4 tsai capital also invests on a global basis . 5 references edit elstein aaron 3 august 2014 . frothy markets ready to pop . crain s new york business . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b c d la roche julia 11 february 2014 . meet the hedge funder whose finance roots date back to the shanghai stock exchange during wwii . business insider . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b c investing in growth global equities with a focus on value . the wall street transcript . 29 august 2014 . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b c d christopher tsai betting on asian consumer names like jardine matheson . china money network . 30 april 2014 . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b c q & a tsai capital founder sees long term opportunities in emerging markets . finalternatives . 10 april 2014 . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b gupte pranay 20 july 2005 . the tsai method of selection stick to the fundamentals . the new york sun . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b c dennin james 20 june 2014 . a long term approach christopher tsai on investing in asia . kapitall . retrieved 19 january 2015 . vujovich dian 11 march 2015 . tsai capital founder discusses growth of passport sma . palm beach daily . retrieved 9 april 2015 . a b tran hung 18 june 2014 . hedge fund shorting emerging markets . etf . retrieved 19 january 2015 . a b tsai capital launches first hedge fund . finalternatives . 3 june 2011 . retrieved 19 january 2015 . tsai capital corporation appoints kristofer segerberg formerly of soros fund management to its advisory committee . bloomberg l.p. 2 july 2013 . retrieved 19 january 2015 . untapt closes 3m in series a financing . finsmes . 21 april 2015 . retrieved 22 april 2015 . external links edit official website v t e hedge funds investment strategy arbitrage relative value capital structure arbitrage convertible arbitrage equity market neutral fixed income arbitrage fixed income relative value investing statistical arbitrage volatility arbitrage event driven activist 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