Nate Anderson, the short seller who made his name with campaigns targeting billionaires Gautam Adani, Jack Dorsey and Carl Icahn, said he’s disbanding his small but renowned firm, Hindenburg Research.

Activist short seller Nathan Anderson, famous for his campaigns against Adani Group, Super Micro and Nikola, is shutting down his firm Hindenburg Research seven years after he founded it.

In his parting shot, Anderson said he was naïve about the dangers he would face when he started Hindenburg but was drawn to the path he chose "magnetically"

Nate Anderson has disbanded Hindenburg Research, raising speculation over potential SEC action as scrutiny intensifies on activist short-sellers linked to hedge funds.

In 2023 and in 2024 as well, Hindenburg's report on the Adani Group caused a stir, with the Group stating that the firm had published lies and many politicians in India also rubbi

Research founder Nate Anderson has decided to disband the research firm, which has released prominent reports on market manipulation and accounting fraud. Joining us now for more on this is Bloomberg's Carmen Ryan.

Hindenburg Research’s founder has decided to disband the short-selling firm whose reports erased tens of billions from the market values of companies including India’s Adani Group and Icahn Enterprises.

Nate Anderson who started Hindenburg Research in 2017, is best known for exposing Nikola Motors, which claimed to have developed a fully functional hydrogen-powered truck. In India he is known for a January 2023 report accusing Adani Group of fraud.