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▶ 19:08 · $CHTR · Hohn: Exited Charter after 5x return as cable saturation and PE overbuilding broke thesis
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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Christian Sinding and Sir Christopher Hohn | Panel discussion | Investment Conference 2025 |

2025-05-02 · 3 company · 6 thematic
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chris hohn

Activist investor managing a portfolio with 80-year average holding period; known for long-term compounding and governance activism including blocking value-destroying M&A at Safran and engaging at Cellnex.

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“we were investors in cable. Yeah. In in the US and yeah, we own a lot of cable charter and uh communications and uh before that Time Warner Cabled and and it it was a great in investment for uh eight years. We made I know five billion a P&…”
—chris hohn
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Hohn: Exited Charter after 5x return as cable saturation and PE overbuilding broke thesis
Cable was a long-term compounder until industry saturation and competitive overbuilding by private equity eroded the moat, prompting exit after 8-year, 5x gain.