Clint Carlson

Clint Carlson founded Carlson Capital in Dallas, Texas in 1993, building it into a significant multi-strategy hedge fund. Carlson's flagship fund runs a diversified set of event-driven and equity strategies including merger arbitrage, convertible arbitrage, long/short equity, and special situations. The Dallas location differentiated Carlson from the New York-centric hedge fund industry and gave it access to different talent pools and investment opportunities. Carlson has managed several billion dollars across its strategies and built a reputation for consistent risk-adjusted performance rather than spectacular single-year returns. The firm is one of the more significant hedge fund operations based outside New York or Connecticut. His success in building a major multi-strategy franchise from Dallas challenged the assumption that the best hedge fund talent and deal flow necessarily require a New York presence.