Introduction

John Hampton is the founder and chief investment officer of Bronte Capital, an Australian based hedge fund. In 2018, a year which ended with carnage for many hedge funds around the world, Bronte posted a 20.2% return after fees. Netflix starred him in the Dirty Money series for his work shorting fraud valiant pharmaceuticals. He refers to himself as an eccentric but I call him idiosyncratically brilliant. We go into his background and how he developed his techniques in the dark arts of short selling.