About

Kir Kahlon is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Scorpion Capital. He has exclusively focused on shorts since 2013, with a particular focus on frauds and promotes, and directs the firm's idea generation and research activities.

Mr. Kahlon most recently worked for Seligman Investments, which manages ~$15 billion and is based in Silicon Valley and New York. Prior to Seligman, he worked with Tiger Global, a pre-eminent hedge fund, focusing exclusively on deep-dive investigative shorts. He began his career at the global management consulting firm Bain & Company, upon graduation from college, and entered the investment business in 2004 when he was hired by activist investor Carl Icahn. He graduated from UC Berkeley (BA) with Highest Honors and Harvard Business School (MBA).

Several of Scorpion Capital's previous investments and reports are the subject of detailed case studies currently taught at Harvard Business School, where Mr. Kahlon participates regularly as a guest speaker in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He has also spoken at Columbia Business School, the Stockholm School of Economics, and other venues.

Examples of Mr. Kahlon's past media profiles, interviews, or other coverage include:

Nikkei Business, Jul 12, 2024: 
https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/gen/19/00304/071100183/

Harvard Business School Publishing, May 2023
Ginkgo Bioworks vs. Scorpion Capital: The Debate Over Related-Party Revenues

CNBC, Sept 16, 2021: 
https://twitter.com/cnbcfastmoney/status/1438620548515475465

CNBC, Apr 15, 2021: 
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/04/15/is-quantumscape-a-pump-and-dump-scam-scorpion-capital-short-seller-thinks-so.html