WHO WE ARE
Husain Kothari
Founder, Director
Husain is the founder and a director at KIP Capital. He believes wealth can be compounded through long-term ownership of quality businesses.
He founded KIP in 2011 with a singular strategy: long positions in high quality, owner-friendly businesses that compound wealth over extended time frames.
Husain believes that the markets are largely efficient with pockets of inefficiencies. These let patient investors capture mispriced assets and enjoy outsized returns.
Using a quality-first approach, Husain maintains a watchlist of under 300 firms in his investable universe. His best ideas have produced multi-year performance of 12%+ year-on-year for clients.
At KIP, Husain fosters two edges: behavioral and analytical.
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A behavioral edge relates to:
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the temperament of the team at KIP (resolute about the strategy yet adaptable, down-side risk averse, high discipline).
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organizational culture that nurtures patience (time-horizon arbitrage, compensation that rewards patience).
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client-partners’ disposition to pursue long-term economic growth, and overlook short-term volatility.
An analytical edge rests on:
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process > outcome
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depth into best ideas only
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economic profits > accounting profits
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high-quality, repeatable decision-making
Husain has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He is fluent in several languages including Arabic and Urdu.
Shabbar Kothari
Analyst, Director
Shabbar is an analyst and director at KIP. He has played a crucial role in the firm's growth from an idea to a thriving reality.
Shabbar has helped shape the firm’s philosophy, research process and tools. This includes KIP’s IP related to idea generation, data checklists, industry knowledge, valuation, and decision-making. Further, his work has deepened KIP’s unique focus on Economic Profits that see beyond accounting distortions.
His expertise includes identifying undervalued ‘moaty’ businesses. His best performing long recommendations have returned 25-30% year-on-year.
Shabbar believes the next AI-proof investing edge is primary research. He is working to develop this at KIP.
He brings 10+ years of advisory and investment management experience.
Shabbar holds the CAVIE certificate by the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Richard Ivey School of Business (WU). He has a bachelor’s degree in International Business & Management from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (Cum Laude).
Shabbar has twice attended Kuwait University as guest lecturer to share his views on equity research and valuation.​
Aamir Kothari
Analyst, Director
Aamir is an analyst and director at KIP and brings over 7 years of investment research experience.
His primary responsibility includes identifying and evaluating companies for inclusion into client portfolios. He is an expert in conducting in-depth research on equities and industries, extracting important qualitative insights.
Aamir is also involved in enhancing KIP’s investment framework, proprietary models and overall toolkit towards KIP’s mission to grow client’s wealth.
His background in psychology and finance allows him to uniquely understand people, businesses and markets, ultimately making him a more skillful investor and analyst.
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Aamir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from York University in Toronto and has completed his CFA Level 1. Additionally, he has completed the Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA) and the Financial Planning & Wealth Management (FPWM) certification courses.​