Age 61 Net Worth $600 Million (Estimated September 2018, he dropped out of Forbes list)
Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin Citizen US
Selfmade in Hedge Fund, founded Kynikos Associates in 1985
Education BA in Economics and Political Science Yale University 1980
This is a picture of Jim Chanos
This is my youtube link to Jim Chanos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPaITP7dh9k
In 1985, he founded his hedge fund Kynikos with $16 Million from his clients after he was fired as an analyst
Kynikos meaning "Cynics" in Greek. Jim Chanos is Greek.
His most famous shorts are ENRON
in 2001, which also caused the demise of Arthur Anderson (the Big 8 accounting firm)
He is famous for being the Big China Bear in 2013, of which he lost quite a bit of money
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