PROFILE
John Griffin formed Blue Ridge capital in 1996. John was the former right hand man of Julian Robertson at Tiger Management. He received his undergrad degree from the University of Virginia and MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to working at Tiger Management he was an analyst with Morgan Stanley in the Merchant Banking group. He is also currently an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business school. The firm seeks high absolute returns by owning shares in businesses with outstanding investment characteristics and selling short the stock of companies with fundamental problems. Investment decisions are based on detailed, company-specific research with a long-term time horizon.
He also founded the McIntire Investment Institute at the University of Virginia.
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