David Einhorn

David Einhorn is one of the most prominent value investors in the United States. He rose to prominence in 2008 after taking a short position against Lehman Brothers several months before its collapse. He publicly accused the bank of using misleading accounting practices. Earlier, he had also accurately identified problems at Allied Capital and wrote extensively about them despite legal challenges. In 2010, he published the book Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, in which he подробно described his battle with Allied Capital and the shortcomings of the regulatory system. Einhorn combines deep fundamental analysis with aggressive shorting of overvalued stocks. He often acts as an activist investor, publicly highlighting weaknesses in companies.