Chase Coleman
Tiger Global Management
Profile & Investment Philosophy
Chase Coleman built Tiger Global into one of the defining growth franchises of the era, and in Q2 2026 he trimmed almost everything at the top. The book rose modestly to $24 billion while position count fell from 54 to 46: Alphabet was cut 45%, Taiwan Semiconductor 12%, Lam Research 19% and Sea Ltd 19%. The proceeds went into a $663 million new stake in AI-chip challenger Cerebras, plus fresh positions in AMD, Seagate, Visa and SpaceX, and a 160% increase in Intel. AppLovin, Zillow, Netflix and Zscaler were sold entirely.
Track Record
Chase Coleman founded Tiger Global Management in 2001 with USD 25 million in seed capital from his mentor Julian Robertson. The firm grew to over USD 50 billion in assets across hedge fund and private vehicles by 2021, before the 2022 tech crash erased roughly 56% of its public-equity book — one of the worst years in modern hedge fund history. The hybrid model blends public long-short with venture-stage bets in software and consumer internet. Since the 2022 reset, Coleman has trimmed exposure, raised cash, and re-anchored the public book around mega-cap quality. Benchmark of choice: Nasdaq 100, which Tiger lagged sharply during the drawdown.
Signature Trades
Current Strategy (2026)
Tiger Global's 2026 13F shows a concentrated re-pivot to mega-cap quality after the 2022 drawdown. Alphabet leads at 13.4%, followed by Nvidia at 9.2%, Amazon at 9.1% and TSMC at 8.2% — together more than 40% of the public book. The portfolio reads less like the venture-spillover of 2021 and more like a high-conviction technology basket centered on AI compute, hyperscale cloud and digital advertising. Coleman appears to have learned the lesson of 2022: when valuations compress, diversification across thirty small-cap software names provides no protection. The new playbook is fewer positions, larger weights, and a clear bias toward companies with structural pricing power and dominant share in their end markets.
BMI Counter-Take
Coleman is the most polarising of the Tiger Cubs. Believers point to the long-run compounding before 2022; critics note that a -56% public-equity year is mathematically very hard to recover from. Our reading of the current book: the new top four is a credible, defensible portfolio you could lift wholesale and outperform most active funds with. The interesting question is not whether the names are right, but whether the firm can keep talented analysts after a structural reset. We watch the trajectory more than the marketing.
Current Portfolio
LATEST 13F 2026-06-30Latest SEC Form 13F filing. Total portfolio value: $24.0 B. Holdings: 46 positions.
| Security | Shares | Δ vs Prev | Value ($) | Portfolio % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufac | 4.88 M | -12.3% | $2.33 B | 9.72 % |
| Amazon Com Inc. | 9.68 M | -3.2% | $2.31 B | 9.62 % |
| Nvidia Corporation | 11.2 M | -6.8% | $2.24 B | 9.34 % |
| Alphabet Inc. | 5.81 M | -45.4% | $2.07 B | 8.65 % |
| Meta Platforms Inc. | 2.82 M | -8.5% | $1.59 B | 6.63 % |
| Lam Research Corp. | 3.16 M | -18.9% | $1.37 B | 5.72 % |
| Sea Ltd. | 12.6 M | -18.5% | $1.20 B | 5.02 % |
| Applied Matls Inc. | 1.63 M | -1.5% | $1.18 B | 4.92 % |
| GE Vernova Inc. | 797,511 | -18.0% | $937 M | 3.91 % |
| Microsoft Corp. | 2.27 M | -9.3% | $846 M | 3.53 % |
SOURCE: SEC Form 13F (2026-08-14). BMI Smart Money Tracker.