Brad Gerstner is an American investor and hedge fund manager. In 2008, he founded Boston-based Altimeter Capital, which he remains the chairman and CEO of. The hedge fund controls $10.713 billion in assets under management for just 21 clients.
In 2022, Gerstner appeared on Forbes’ Midas List — the annual ranking by the magazine of the most influential and best-performing venture capital investors — following his firm’s success with investments in Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW | SNOW Price Prediction) and Grab Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GRAB). Gerstner, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wabash College before getting his juris doctor degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. During that time, Gerstner was a day trader to help pay for his law school fees.
Gerstner, who is a 10% owner of both Snowflake and Confluent Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT) and has amassed a net worth of around $527 million, manages a portfolio with 28 holdings spanning just three sectors, with an outsized 83.60% allocation to the information technology sector. His top two positions — Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) and Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) — account for more than 34% of his portfolio’s total holdings.
Altimeter Capital Management Portfolio
| Stock | Ticker | Shares Held | % of Portfolio | Change in Shares | % Change | % of Ownership | Position First Opened |
| Meta Platforms Inc | META | 2,264,001 | 19.19% | -28,660 | -1.25% | 0.08% | Q1 2018 |
| Uber Technologies Inc | UBER | 13,336,600 | 14.84% | -178,460 | -1.32% | 0.63% | Q2 2019 |
| Snowflake Inc | SNOW | 8,647,959 | 14.71% | -902,787 | -9.45% | 2.62% | Q3 2020 |
| NVIDIA Corp | NVDA | 7,796,589 | 14.02% | 55,779 | 0.72% | 0.03% | Q4 2022 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 1,585,900 | 10.10% | -39,740 | -2.44% | 0.02% | Q1 2018 |
| Confluent Inc | CFLT | 13,626,464 | 4.11% | 737,406 | 5.72% | 5.28% | Q2 2021 |
| KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF | KWEB | 5,671,010 | 2.86% | 5,671,010 | New | Q3 2024 | |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 662,400 | 2.57% | 662,400 | New | 0.02% | Q4 2023 |
| Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 902,290 | 2.49% | -532,040 | -37.09% | 0.01% | Q2 2023 |
| Coupang Inc | CPNG | 6,559,675 | 2.38% | 1,263,930 | 23.87% | 0.37% | Q1 2024 |
| MercadoLibre Inc | MELI | 61,460 | 1.87% | 9,640 | 18.60% | 0.12% | Q3 2023 |
| Salesforce Inc | CRM | 457,735 | 1.86% | 94,145 | 25.89% | 0.05% | Q2 2024 |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | GOOGL | 661,645 | 1.62% | -12,885 | -1.91% | 0.01% | Q1 2024 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. | TSM | 519,290 | 1.34% | 519,290 | New | 0.00% | Q3 2024 |
| Samsara Inc | IOT | 1,452,933 | 1.04% | 637,273 | 78.13% | 0.29% | Q2 2024 |
| Broadcom Inc | AVGO | 396,895 | 1.01% | 396,895 | New | 0.01% | Q1 2024 |
| Futu Holdings Ltd | FUTU | 575,750 | 0.82% | 575,750 | New | 0.52% | Q3 2024 |
| Zillow Group Inc Class C | Z | 855,580 | 0.81% | 855,580 | New | 0.50% | Q3 2024 |
| Duolingo Inc | DUOL | 191,625 | 0.80% | 191,625 | New | 0.50% | Q3 2024 |
| Rubrik Inc | RBRK | 1,648,598 | 0.78% | 1,473,598 | 842.06% | 1.89% | Q2 2024 |
| Lineage Inc | LINE | 400,000 | 0.46% | 400,000 | New | 0.18% | Q3 2024 |
| Astera Labs Inc | ALAB | 400,000 | 0.31% | No Change | 0.25% | Q1 2024 | |
| Grab Holdings | GRABW | 3,502,000 | 0.01% | No Change | 13.47% | Q4 2021 | |
| Apple Inc | AAPL | 0 | -271,370 | -100.00% | 0.00% | Q2 2024 | |
| Amphenol Corp | APH | 0 | -2,025,300 | -100.00% | 0.00% | Q2 2024 |
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