Carson Block
Founder, CEO & CIO of Muddy Waters Capital LLC
Carson Block is a short-seller, investor and the founder of Muddy Waters Research, a pioneer in on-the-ground, freely published investment research. Block is known for documenting and alleging fraudulent accounting practices in Chinese, European, Canadian, and U.S. companies.
Who is…
- Block catapulted to fame almost a decade ago for exposing alleged frauds in publicly traded Chinese companies, like the well-known case of Sino-Forest Corp.
- In 2017, Block initiated a private lawsuit against Equifax, accusing it of neglecting to safeguard his personally identifiable information.
- He appears in the documentary The China Hustle, outlining his research into Securities fraud of Chinese companies through Muddy Waters.
- In 2011, Block was ranked as one of the “50 Most Influential” people on Bloomberg Markets’ list of thinkers.
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