Darsana Capital Partners LP (New York)

Darsana Capital Partners LP is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $5.01 billion of regulatory assets for 5 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014.

Darsana Capital Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Darsana Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Darsana Capital Partners LP is $5.01 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 407% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.71 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $5.01 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1 billion each.

Darsana Capital Partners has custody of $5.01 billion in cash and securities for 5 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Darsana Capital Partners LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Darsana Capital Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Darsana Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 5 clients and $5.01 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Darsana Capital Partners has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $5.01 billion for 5 clients. 60% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Darsana Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund and one private equity fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $20,000,000.

Careers at Darsana Capital Partners LP

The company employs 17 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 65 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Darsana Capital Partners Gp Llc	General partner	1 Jan 2014	Other	46-4662269
Christian Joseph Ferrante	Chief financial officer/chief operating officer	1 Feb 2014	Other	4912018
Lisa Janel Stanton	Chief compliance officer/legal counsel	1 Mar 2017	Other	6381826

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Anand Kishor Desai	Chief executive officer and sole member	1 Jan 2014	75% - 100%	2641486

Based in New York

The principal office where Darsana Capital Partners LP performs its advisory services is located at 40 West 57 Th Street, New York, NY 10019, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-589-5300 or by fax 212-589-5301. The normal business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm on Monday - Friday.