Richard Gerson's Falcon Edge Capital Discloses E-Commerce China Dangdang Stake ~ market folly

Friday, August 9, 2013

Richard Gerson's Falcon Edge Capital Discloses E-Commerce China Dangdang Stake

Richard Gerson's hedge fund firm Falcon Edge Capital has just filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of E-Commerce China Dangdang (DANG).  Per the filing, Falcon Edge has disclosed an 8.2% ownership stake with 4,392,000 shares.  This is a newly disclosed position and the filing was required due to activity on July 29th.


About Falcon Edge

Gerson founded Falcon Edge after previously working with John Griffin at Blue Ridge Capital for many years.  He co-founded the Blue Ridge China, PE unit.  Falcon Edge launched with Navroz Udwadia (formerly of Eton Park) and James Minshull as COO (also from Eton Park).


About DangDang

Per Google Finance, E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (Dangdang) is "a holding company. It is a business-to-consumer (B2C), e-commerce Company in the People’s Republic of China."


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