Plotkin Apologizes for Fund Reboot as Clients Await Better Plan
- He labels his initial idea ‘tone deaf’ in note to investors
- Plotkin to come up with new proposal in the coming weeks
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Gabe Plotkin is going back to the drawing board.
After facing vocal criticism from some investors over an ill-conceived plan to reboot his beleaguered hedge fund, the founder of Melvin Capital Management now must figure out a fresh strategy to compensate his traders and revitalize the firm’s fortunes. He also offered something rare in an industry known for its big personalities and hubris: a mea culpa.