Philippe Laffont — Founder, Coatue Management

**Philippe Laffont** is the founder and CIO of **Coatue Management**, a $20B+ technology-focused hedge fund and venture capital firm. A former analyst at Julian Robertson's Tiger Management, he launched Coatue in 1999 and built it into one of the most successful crossover funds — investing in both public and private technology companies. Coatue's private investments include Airtable, Databricks, Instacart, and Chime.