Chris R. Hansen

Christopher R. Hansen is an American hedge fund manager. In March 2008, he founded Valiant Capital Management, a San Francisco, California-based global long/short equity hedge fund that had $2.7 billion in assets in 2012.

Valiant Capital Management was included in a 2021 Department of Justice list of 20/30 short sellers being investigated.

Early life Hansen grew up in Seattle, Washington, after his family moved there when he was six years old.

Career Hansen served as an analyst and a partner at Montgomery Securities and Blue Ridge Capital in San Francisco. He was Managing Director at Blue Ridge for 7 years, from 2001 to 2008. The sale to Hansen was rejected by the NBA's Board of Governors in a 22-8 vote.

In August 2013, Hansen was revealed as the principal financial backer of a petition effort for a public vote on a new arena in Sacramento; a new arena was a requirement of the NBA by 2017 for long-term tenancy of the Kings in Sacramento.