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After two decades running hedge funds — and calling the 2008 housing bubble early — Whitney Tilson built Empire Financial Research to deliver institutional-grade investment analysis to hundreds of thousands of individual investors at accessible prices.
Whitney Tilson is Founder and CEO of Empire Financial Research, an investment research and publishing company.
Tilson spent over 20 years managing hedge funds, including Kase Capital and T2 Partners, before shifting to financial education and publishing. He co-authored More Mortgage Meltdown, identifying the housing bubble before the 2008 financial crisis, and is a frequent commentator on CNBC and Fox Business. He supports charter schools and education reform.
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