Whale Rock Surges with Winning Bets on Amazon, Microsoft

Following a stellar June, Alex Sacerdote’s firm emerges as one of the top performing hedge funds of the year.

Stephen Taub July 20, 2020

Amazon was Whale Rock's largest long at the end of the first quarter.

(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Whale Rock Capital Management posted very strong gains in June – and, as a result, the tech-focused firm is now among the top-performing hedge funds of the year.The firm’s Flagship fund rose 16.8 percent last month and is now up 38.4 percent for the first

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