- If taking a minority public stake and pushing an activist agenda doesn’t work?
- … why not just take the company private.
- This is the [transition](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevindowd/2022/02/27/wall-streets-most-feared-activist-investor-is-changing-his-game-after-shaking-up-twitter-att-and-samsung/?sh=7f8b2b344635&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailydozen&cdlcid=5d01057f1802c8c524bb7dcd) that has been going on at Elliott, the famous hedge fund, over the past several years.
- Apart from Citrix and Athenahealth (the recent sale made them $5bn of profit) they have done a bunch of other deals (see table).
- Interestingly, this is all being done out of one fund. The lines between private and public markets continue to blur.


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With a $17 billion exit and a $16.5 billion takeover already this year, the firm is showing off its ambitions in a different kind of investing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevindowd/2022/02/27/wall-streets-most-feared-activist-investor-is-changing-his-game-after-shaking-up-twitter-att-and-samsung/?sh=7f8b2b344635&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailydozen&cdlcid=5d01057f1802c8c524bb7dcd

Wall Street’s Most Feared Activist Investor Is Changing His Game After Shaking Up Twitter, AT&T And Samsung

Hedge Funds Changing Stripes

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