Gotham Research Founder Fears For Safety After Article Published

Gotham Research is considered an enigma on Wall Street – and this is how its founder, Daniel Yu, likes it.  When they first boomed onto the scene, really having been “discovered” within the last year, there was a “who are these guys?” whisper after their scathing research reports were quickly noticed and resulted in publicly traded firms collapsing in value.

Gotham Research’s cloudy background

That whisper turned into an overt scream yesterday when a major financial newspaper published an article outing the firm’s somewhat clouded background. In a statement to ValueWalk this morning, Yu expressed frustration that publicity could damage his business and even endanger his safety. This might not be that unfounded as Carson Block, another hedge fund short seller who publishes research on potential fraud, is said to have expressed similar concerns. Yu would neither confirm nor deny any personal details, however, ValueWalk independently confirmed the identity of Gotham’s founder, but agreed to leave out all details after a request from Yu. He is in the business of publishing research on publicly traded companies he believes are engaged in fraud. This indelicate focus resulted from his personal history of losing on stocks due to deceit and fraud, as was recently reported. This focus translates into the most celebrated research success in the firm’s short history: LETS GOWEX SA (OTCMKTS:LGWXY) (BME:GOW), a Spanish high flying tech stock.