Maple Tree Capital Employee Directory
Investment ManagementConnecticut, United States2-10 Employees
Maple Tree Capital is an investment management firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It oversees Maple Tree Partners, LP, a hedge fund that uses long and short positions to invest in equities tied to the communications, media, and entertainment sectors, with a focus on smaller to mid-sized companies. The firm was founded in 2003 by Barry Kaplan, a former partner at Goldman Sachs and a Media & Telecom analyst. The fund's approach relies on fundamental research, including direct discussions with company management. It typically builds a core portfolio of about 20 to 30 positions and pursues opportunistic trading around those ideas, targeting a net long exposure of roughly 40% to 60%. It invests in companies across the media, telecom, entertainment, Internet services, and leisure segments and generally uses little leverage to manage risk.