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Shareholder Activist hedge funds are known for using their equity stakes in corporations to pressure corporate management for change and push value-creating agendas. Shareholder activism often manifests itself in proxy battles, independent board nominees, litigation efforts, contentious publicity and negotiations. Beyond "value creating" agendas, some shareholder activists also use their positions to champion social causes, using their equity stakes to influence a corporation's management to address environmental, carbon emissions, free trade and human right concerns. Famous hedge funds that are known for employing shareholder activism include Carl Icahn's Icahn Associates, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, Mario Gabelli's GAMCO, Ralph Whitworth's Relational Investors, Chris Hohn's The Children's Investment Fund, David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, and Daniel Loeb's Third Point. Beyond the below profiled activist shareholder investor profiles, HedgeTracker also has a shareholder activist hedge fund news section.

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Name Style Location
3G Capital ManagementGARP St. Louis, MO
Arcadia Capital Advisors LLCValue New York, NY
Atticus CapitalValue New York, NY
Barington Capital GroupDeep Value New York, NY
Beacon Light CapitalValue New York, NY
Biotechnology Value Fund PartnersBiotech Focused Chicago, IL
Brave Warrior AdvisorsValue New York, NY
Bulldog InvestorsLong/Short Equity Saddle Brook, NJ
CalPERSIndex Sacramento, CA
CalSTRSIndex Sacramento, CA
Centaurus CapitalDeep Value London
Cevian CapitalValue Stockholm
Cibelli Capital ManagementValue New York, NY
Discovery GroupValue Chicago, IL
Doubloon Capital LLCDistressed Norwalk, CT
Eastbourne Capital ManagementValue San Rafael, CA
Fortelus Capital ManagementDistressed Debt London
Fuchs Capital PartnersValue Singapore
GAMCO Asset ManagementGARP Rye, NY
Glenhill Capital Management LLCLong/Short Equity New York, NY
Greenlight CapitalValue New York, NY
Harbinger Capital Partners LLCDeep Value New York, NY
Hermitage Capital ManagementDeep Value London
Icahn Associates (Carl Icahn)Deep Value New York, NY
Ironfire CapitalEvent-Driven Naples, FL
JANA PartnersEvent-Driven New York, NY
K Capital PartnersHedge Boston, MA
Millbrook Capital Management (MMI)Value New York, NY
Mudrick Capital ManagementDeep Value New York, NY
P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LLCEvent-Driven New York, NY
P2 Capital PartnersDeep Value New York, NY
Palo Alto InvestorsGrowth Palo Alto, CA
Passport Capital LLCGARP San Francisco, CA
Pershing Square Capital ManagementDeep Value New York, NY
Pirate Capital*Event-Driven Norwalk, CT
QVT FinancialArbitrage New York, NY
Ramius Capital GroupMulti-Strategy New York, NY
Relational Investors LLCValue San Diego, CA
Riley Investment ManagementValue Los Angeles, CA
Sandell Asset ManagementDeep Value New York, NY
Seneca CapitalEvent-Driven New York, NY
Shamrock Capital AdvisorsValue Burbank, CA
Spotlight Capital ManagementValue New York, NY
Steel PartnersValue New York, NY
Templeton Asset ManagementEmerging Markets Singapore
The Children's Investment Fund MgmtValue London
Third Point Management CompanyValue New York, NY
TIAA-CREF Investment ManagementGARP New York, NY
ToscafundValue London
Trian GroupValue New York, NY
ValueAct Capital ManagementGARP San Francisco, CA

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