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Kyle Jung

Partner at Akaris Global Partners

New York, New York

Overview 

Kyle Jung is a Partner at Akaris Global in New York, with a background in investment analysis, private equity, and investment banking. He has held roles at prominent firms like ShawSpring Partners and Rothschild & Co, showcasing expertise in financial analysis and management. Kyle's career highlights include founding BespokeMark and working at Pantheon Ventures as a Private Equity Associate, demonstrating a strong track record in investment analysis and finance.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2022 - 2024

    Akaris employs a fundamental, research-focused strategy to build a concentrated portfolio of structural winners: resilient and growing businesses with attractive reinvestment opportunities that are led by top-tier operating teams. We aim to be disciplined and patient capital in public markets, underwriting a step-function change in value over a three- to five-year period. Akaris maintains a concentrated portfolio of public equities (~12 positions) in the technology, consumer, and industrial sectors. Manage ~$500m of AUM for sovereign wealth fund, endowment and high net worth partners.

Akaris Global Partners invests in publicly-traded companies in major developed markets.

  • Investment Analyst

    2021 - 2022

    Concentrated, global internet public equity and venture fund.

  • Investment Analyst

    2020 - 2021

    Concentrated, global public and private equity fund.

ShawSpring Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology, the internet, and the consumer sectors.

  • Founder

    2019 - 2020

    Custom sneaker marketplace.

  • Private Equity Associate

    2017 - 2019

    Secondary private equity.

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2015 - 2017

    Consumer & Retail M&A.

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