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Gator Capital

Investment Advisor

Gator Capital Management is known for its portfolio manager, Derek Pilecki. Derek spent 11 years covering the Financials sector for major buyside investment management firms, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He has a strong passion for investing, and only builds portfolios that he would invest in himself.

Investment process

Gator Capital is a fundamentally driven, bottoms-up investment firm that focuses on companies with strong business franchises. Portfolio manager Derek Pilecki reads earnings releases and earnings conference call transcripts, reviews recent investment presentations and reads other investors thoughts about the company. Then, he talks with the company management to get questions answered. Finally, he writes his investment thesis in a short report and compares the prospective investment against all of existing holdings.

Company background

Gator Capital was founded in 2008 by Derek Pilecki. He launched the long-only investment strategies in 2008. The firm is based in downtown Tampa.


Investment models

Important info

Performance of the model manager’s account is calculated by Covestor on a daily time-weighted basis, including cash and broker commissions. More

Personal Track Record returns are calculated by Covestor on a daily time-weighted basis of equity positions in the account provided by the member. More

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Month to Date returns & Since Inception returns are revised daily. All other returns (month, 3 month, year to date, et al) are calculated as of the most recent month end date.

The subscription minimum is the minimum subscription required to follow a particular model. The minimum amount is determined by Covestor, based on the characteristics of the underlying model. It should not be considered as specific investment advice for your investment situation.