Kingdom Ridge Capital Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - April 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Kingdom Ridge Capital Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Kingdom Ridge Capital, LLC, a long/short technology hedge fund, today celebrates its five year anniversary.  Kingdom Ridge was formed by its two principals, Founder Chris Zepf and Co-Founder Brian Thonn, in October 2007 but started investment management activities April 1, 2008. It is notable that the Kingdom Ridge research team has experienced zero analyst departures over its five year life.  

By the time trading operations started, the Principals had added seasoned CFO Michael Manley to the executive team along with experienced consumer technology analyst Nick Caputo and communications technology analyst Marcus Kupferschmidt.   Since that time, Kingdom Ridge has added technology stock veteran Jim Jungjohann to cover cyclical technologies and Mark Zepf who is responsible for Software & Services stocks.  Every research analyst hired by the firm still works at Kingdom Ridge Capital.

“In an industry known for high analyst turnover, we have succeeded in building a high performing team of quality people,” said Kingdom Ridge Capital, LLC Co-Founder Brian Thonn.  “Chris & I had a good idea on which people would be a good fit for how we invest and would be good cultural fits for the organization we were building.”

“We have a great team that enjoys working together”, said Kingdom Ridge Capital, LLC Founder Chris Zepf.  “The market has had its ups and downs over the past 5 years since we started and I am proud of how the team has remained laser focused on monetizing the performance dispersion found in the technology sector."


About Kingdom Ridge Capital
Kingdom Ridge Capital, LLC is an alternative asset management firm founded by Chris Zepf and Brian Thonn in 2007.  Kingdom Ridge Capital runs a long/short strategy with a focus on public equities in the technology sector.  Kingdom Ridge is classified as an SEC-registered investment advisor and serves investors such as endowments, family offices, pension funds, fund of funds and other qualified investors.  Kingdom Ridge Capital’s primary office is located in White Plains, New York.  The Kingdom Ridge research team includes Nick Caputo, Jim Jungjohann, Marcus Kupferschmidt and Mark Zepf.  The information in this press release is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund or for the provision of any investment management or advisory services. Any offer or solicitation will be made only by means of delivery of a confidential private offering memorandum relating to a particular fund or investment management contract to qualified investors.  For more information regarding the firm, please visit http://www.KingdomRidgeCapital.com.  

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Kingdom Ridge Capital, LLC
Samantha Eichenberg
914-517-8657

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