====== Kyle Bass ======

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**J. Kyle Bass** is an American investor based in [[united_states:Texas]].

He serves on the boards of the [[University of Texas Investment Management Co.]] (UTIMCO), the [[Troops First Foundation]] and the [[Texas Department of Public Safety Foundation]].((//Kyle Bass.// Milkin Institute. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190516134216/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2016/speaker-detail/22893)) He is an advisor for the [[Center for Asset Management]] at the [[University of Virginia]]'s [[Darden School of Business]].

He is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (CFR),((//Membership Roster.// Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved January 3, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.03-160259/https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster)) and of the [[Committee on the Present Danger China|Committee on the Present Danger: China]].((//Members.// Committee on the Present Danger: China. Retrieved April 10, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230410233214/https://presentdangerchina.org/members/))

===== History =====

==== Education ====

Bass graduated from the [[Texas Christian University]].

==== Career ====

Bass served as a managing director at [[Legg Mason]], then worked at [[Bear Stearns]].((//Kyle Bass.// Milkin Institute. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190516134216/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2016/speaker-detail/22893))

=== Hayman Capital Management ===

Bass founded [[Hayman Capital Management]] in December 2005.((//Home.// Hayman Capital Management. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.10.25-114702/https://www.haymancapital.com/))

He participated as a speaker at the [[Milken Institute]]'s Global Conference 2016 event.((//Kyle Bass.// Milkin Institute. Retrieved May 16, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190516134216/http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/conferences/global-conference/2016/speaker-detail/22893)) 

=== Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui ===

Bass served as Chairman of the [[Rule of Law Foundation]] as early as 2019, and was mentioned alongside [[Steve Bannon]] and [[Guo Wengui]] in their June 4, 2020 announcement of the launch of the [[New Federal State of China]].((Lim, W. M. (2020, June 5). //Federal State of New China?// Defense Politics Asia. http://archive.today/2020.06.14-024830/https://defensepoliticsasia.com/federal-state-of-new-china/)) 

In a message posted to [[Twitter]], Bass claimed he was no longer a director of Guo's [[GTV Media Group]] as of July 9, 2020.((Schoenberg, T., Robinson, M., & Green, J. (2021, October 13). //Kyle Bass’s Disastrous Hong Kong Short Got Bannon-Linked Cash.// BNN Bloomberg. https://web.archive.org/web/20221124053534/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/kyle-bass-s-disastrous-hong-kong-short-got-bannon-linked-cash-1.1665845))

=== Conservation Equity Management ===

Bass co-founded [[Conservation Equity Management]] in February 2021 alongside [[Terry Anderson]], with the company officially announcing its launch on February 3, 2022.((Gasthalter, J., & Semer, M. (2022, February 3). //Kyle Bass and Conservationist Terry Anderson Launch Conservation Equity Management.// Business Wire. http://archive.today/2023.04.10-231214/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220202006047/en/Kyle-Bass-and-Conservationist-Terry-Anderson-Launch-Conservation-Equity-Management))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Bass|Wikipedia]]