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Thomas Lefant

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Co-founder of Kou Management, a guest on the podcast who is an investor in TikTok and provided insights on its valuation, Chinese tech investments, and the Stargate project.

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7/19/2025, 8:28:54 AM

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7/26/2025, 5:49:14 AM

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7/19/2025, 8:36:55 AM

Summary

Thomas Lefant, likely a misspelling of Thomas Laffont, is a prominent figure in the technology investment sector, known for co-founding and serving as Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management LLC, a hedge fund specializing in tech. He was a guest on a technology-focused podcast, where discussions were partly inspired by his 'Easts meets West' conference. The podcast, featuring JCal, Chamath Palihapitiya, and David Friedberg, delved into the competitive landscape of the tech sector, particularly the AI arms race among major companies like the 'Mag 7,' Meta's AI strategy, Google's vertical integration in AI, and Apple's perceived stagnation. Lefant's firm, Coatue Management, manages billions in assets and is active in private equity and venture capital investments in the tech space.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Name

    Thomas Lefant

  • Known For

    Intelligence and being an exacting boss

  • Primary Role

    Co-founder and Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management LLC

  • Specialization

    Technology investments, Private Equity, Venture Capital, AI

  • Former Position

    Agent Trainee at Creative Artists Agency LLC (1997-2003)

  • Alternative Name

    Thomas Laffont (as per external sources, likely the correct spelling)

  • Current Position

    Member-Acquisition Advisory Council at Stillwater Growth Corp.

  • Assets Under Management (Coatue)

    $50 billion (2024)

Timeline
  • Began working as an Agent Trainee at Creative Artists Agency LLC. (Source: MarketScreener)

    1997-01-01

  • Co-founded Coatue Management LLC. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1999-01-01

  • Started as Senior Managing Director at Coatue Management LLC. (Source: MarketScreener)

    2003-01-01

  • Dispatched to Silicon Valley to open an office for Coatue Management and scout for growth-stage startup investments. (Source: Forbes)

    2012-01-01

  • Began serving as a Director at OneTrust LLC. (Source: MarketScreener)

    2023-01-01

  • Spoke at the All-In Summit, discussing the venture market. (Source: Tremendous.blog)

    2024-01-01

  • Hosted the 'Easts meets West' conference, which sparked discussions on a technology podcast about the AI arms race and tech sector shifts. (Source: Document 29eacb9c-0d04-4ed9-bf30-5418bd1b59fa, Wikipedia)

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  • Appeared as a guest on a technology-focused podcast with JCal, Chamath Palihapitiya, and David Friedberg. (Source: Document 29eacb9c-0d04-4ed9-bf30-5418bd1b59fa)

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Web Search Results
  • Thomas Laffont: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener

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  • The Hedge Fund Manager Who Became A Billionaire From Tech

    Stuck in a basement office in Spain, Laffont started following daily stock quotes in the newspaper and investing in big tech companies like Microsoft and Intel with his brother, Thomas Laffont. Since it was the mid 1990s, the positions of the Laffont brothers soared along with the bull market. Laffont was hooked. “If the market had gone down the three years I did this I would have for sure given up,” Laffont told OneWire. [...] On Wall Street, Laffont is known for his intelligence and for being an exacting boss who churns through analysts. One of Laffont’s key moves was dispatching his brother, Thomas, to Silicon Valley in 2012 to open an office and prowl for growth-stage startup investments like Box, which Coatue invested in at $1.2 billion valuation. Laffont was following in Chase Coleman’s footsteps, whose Tiger Global famously invested in Facebook well before its 2012 initial public offering. [...] With his fund losing 14.1% in 2008, Laffont got noticed for playing decent defense during the financial crisis. At the start of 2009, he was managing $2.2 billion and began raising more serious money. The hedge fund he constructed would eventually hire 15 people for its public investing team—11 analysts and 4 partners—with Laffont keeping tight control and making final investment decisions as the only portfolio manager.

  • From $50 Million to $50 Billion: Thomas Laffont at the All-In Summit

    # Tremendous An angel investor's take on life and business # From $50 Million to $50 Billion: Thomas Laffont at the All-In Summit He started with $50 million. Today, Thomas Laffont manages $50 billion. At the All-In Summit, the Coatue Management co-founder explains what has gone wrong in the venture market and how we get back on track. Fake Unicorns There are 1,440 private tech companies valued at over $1 billion. This is… + + + + + + [...] […] From $50 Million to $50 Billion: Thomas Laffont at the All-In Summit […] LikeLike ### Leave a comment Cancel reply Δ [...] At the All-In Summit, the Coatue Management co-founder explains what has gone wrong in the venture market and how we get back on track. Fake Unicorns There are 1,440 private tech companies valued at over $1 billion. This is by far the most ever. In 2019, there were only 470. A majority of all tech companies valued above $1 billion are private. The thing is, most of those valuations are fake. A huge percentage of them were priced by a single firm, Tiger Global Management.

  • Coatue Management - Wikipedia

    | | | | --- | --- | | | | | Headquarters in the Solow Building | | | Company type | Private | | Industry | Investment management | | Founded | 1999 | | Founder | Philippe Laffont Thomas Laffont | | Headquarters | Solow Building, 9 West 57th Street "57th Street (Manhattan)"), New York City, New York "New York (state)"), U.S. | | AUM | Increase$70 billion (Q1 2022) | | Number of employees | 157 | | Website | www.coatue.com | Increase [...] In 1999, Laffont founded Coatue, becoming a member of the Tiger Cubs "List of Tiger Cubs (finance)") - former employees of Tiger management who founded their own hedge funds. Coatue launched its first hedge fund in 1999 with $45 million in capital. Today, Coatue manages this fund in addition to others. Thomas Laffont is the firm’s co-founder and leads Coatue’s private equity investing. Coatue's annual "East Meets West" conference features tech entrepreneurs from the U.S. and China. ## Funds [...] | Related terms | | | | | --- | --- | | Markets | Commodities Derivatives "Derivative (finance)") Equity Fixed income Foreign exchange Money markets Structured securities | | Misc | Absolute return Arbitrage pricing theory Assets under management Black–Scholes model (Greeks "Greeks (finance)"): delta neutral) Capital asset pricing model (alpha "Alpha (finance)") / beta "Beta (finance)") / security characteristic line) Fundamental analysis Hedge "Hedge (finance)") Securitization

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