CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Anand Desai
Chief Executive Officer, Darsana Capital Partners
Anand Desai is the Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager of Darsana Capital Partners. From 2004 until 2013, Anand was a Senior Managing Director and Founding Partner of Eton Park Capital Management in New York where he was a member of the Operating Committee and led the firm's fundamental long-short equity and structured credit investing activities. Prior to joining Eton Park, Anand was a Partner of SAB Capital Management, a private investment partnership focused on distressed debt and equity investments. Prior to joining SAB in 1998, he helped found Ivory Capital Group, a value-oriented investment firm where he served as a Managing Member. Anand began his career as a Financial Analyst, first in the investment banking group of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, where he focused on capital raising and merchant banking activities, and later at Siegler, Collery & Co., where he executed fundamental company, industry, and financial analyses.
Anand graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, summa cum laude, with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BA in Mathematics from the College of Arts and Science. He is a Board Member of the Horn of Africa Development Fund and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
