Glenview Capital Management

Glenview Capital Management[1]
Company typePrivately Held[1]
IndustryInvestment Management[2]
FoundedSeptember 15, 2000[2]
Headquarters767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153[3]
Area served
Worldwide[4]
Key people
Larry Robbins, Founder, CEO, Portfolio Manager
AUMUS $7.7 billion (2019)[5]
Number of employees
77 (2020)[6]

Glenview Capital Management is a hedge fund founded in 2000 with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019.[5] Glenview manages capital for investors through a series of private investment funds.[1][4] The firm was founded by Larry Robbins, the firm's CEO and portfolio manager, and is based in New York.[2][7]

History

Robbins left Omega Advisors in 2000 to form Glenview Capital Management, named after the suburban Chicago area where he started playing hockey at age five.[8][9]

Investment products and strategies

Glenview's investing strategy is commonly related to Growth at a Reasonable Price or "GARP" and focuses on companies in industries that are predictable and steady, with recurring revenue streams or entrenched market positions.[10][11][12]

Glenview's flagship funds which launched in 2001 employ a long/short strategy focused on investments in equity and fixed income securities. In 2007, Glenview launched the Glenview Opportunity or "GO" funds which employ an opportunistic investment approach. Across these two strategies Glenview manages the following investment funds: Glenview Capital Partners, L.P., Glenview Institutional Partners, L.P., Glenview Capital Partners (Cayman), Ltd., Glenview Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P. and Glenview Offshore Opportunity Fund, Ltd.[2][13]

In 2013, the firm placed number one on the Bloomberg Markets annual ranking of best performing large hedge funds due to the Glenview Capital Opportunity Fund, which saw an 84% gain through October 2013.[14][15]

Investment history

Glenview holds investments in a broad range of industries including healthcare, industrials, consumer services and technology companies.[16][17][18]

In 2013, Health Management Associates (HMA) and Community Health Systems announced that they had agreed to a $3.9 billion merger. Owning a 14.6% stake in HMA, Glenview objected to the terms of the deal and submitted consents from a majority of the shareholders of HMA to remove and replace the entire Board of Directors.[19][20] The merger was completed in January 2014.[21]

In 2016, Glenview became the largest shareholder in hospital chain Tenet Healthcare with a 17.8% stake in the company.[22]

In 2017, after Dow Chemical engaged in merger discussions with DuPont, Glenview and other shareholders pushed for changes to the plan of how the combined company, DowDuPont, would be broken up.[23]

In 2018, Cigna announced that the company had agreed to buy Express Scripts for $67 billion. After activist investor Carl Icahn called the deal a "$60 billion folly," Glenview declared its support of the transaction in a letter to Cigna shareholders, urging other investors to do the same. The merger was approved in August 2018.[7][24]

References

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  10. ^ William Alden (June 25, 2013). "Glenview Seeks to Replace Board of Hospital Group". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Jake Mann (September 19, 2012). "This Hedge Fund's Stake in Tenet Healthcare is Now Above 10%". Insider Monkey. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  12. ^ Erin E. Arvedlund (July 27, 2013). "Bullish on Obamacare". Barron's Magazine. Archived from the original on August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  13. ^ Katherine Burton, Anthony Effinger and Kelly Bit (January 7, 2014). "Glenview's Robbins Tops Hedge-Fund Ranking". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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  20. ^ Benoit, David. "Glenview Claims Victory in HMA With Very Spock-Like Attitude". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  21. ^ Creswell, Julie; Ableson, Reed (11 September 2011). "For One Hedge Fund, a Bet on the Affordable Care Act Sours". New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  22. ^ McConnell, William (1 September 2017). "Tenet's Dispute With Glenview Comes to a Head as CEO Exits". The Street. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  23. ^ Benoit, David (27 June 2017). "Dow Investor Glenview Calls for Changes in Post-DuPont Merger Breakup". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  24. ^ Deveau, Scott; Tracer, Zachary (10 August 2018). "Glenview Scores Win over Carl Icahn as ISS Supports Cigna's Deal Plan". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.