Kyle Bass
businessperson
J. Kyle Bass (born September 7, 1969) is the founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based Hedge fund. Bass became well-known after successfully predicting and benefitting from the subprime mortgage crisis by purchasing credit default swaps on subprime securities issued by various investment banks (similar to shorting the bonds).
Quotes
edit- Buying gold is just buying a put against the idiocy of the political cycle. It's that simple.
- BBC HARDTalk interview, 15 November 2011.
- You can't hate the mirror because you're ugly.
- BBC HARDTalk interview, 15 November 2011.
- Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without Hell.
- BBC HARDTalk interview, 15 November 2011.
- They put lipstick on the pig to try to sell it to somebody that didn't know what they were buying.
- CNBC House of Cards interview, 2009.
- As we walked out of that room, he put his arm around me and said 'That's a very compelling presentation, and God, we hope you're wrong.
- CNBC House of Cards interview, 2009.
