Founded in 2006 by Michael Blitzer and Jonathan Popper, Kingstown Capital Management, L.P. was a New York-based hedge fund manager. The firm operated as a value-oriented investment manager, specializing in event-driven and special situation investments across the capital structure of North American and Western European companies. Kingstown gained public attention for its significant long position in Herbalife, opposing Bill Ackman's prominent short-selling campaign. In November 2021, the firm announced it was shutting down and returning capital to its investors after 15 years of operation.

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