Philosophy

The Giraffe Group was founded on the belief that among the world's investment management community, there is a small cadre of relatively unknown practitioners who are indeed "head and shoulders above the rest," similar to the giraffe's stature in the wild. The giraffe's treetop viewpoint gives him the advantage of a global perspective, allowing him to be free of the random noise on the forest floor, yet in sufficiently close touch with the forest itself to observe the ever-changing realities of his environment.

Mission

Giraffe's mission is two-fold:

to provide the investor with long-term, outsized returns and
to directly affect the fortunes of the world's underclass.

We feel our mission is best served by focusing on the Frontier Markets where opportunities for both solid returns and social enhancements abound. Further, we believe that the private equity market as seen through the eyes of outstanding private equity managers most specifically addresses our mission. While we are a source for general information about Frontier Markets, including intelligence on several exemplary Frontier Market public equity managers, we are directly representing select private equity managers in their global marketing efforts.