C hase Coleman III is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and the founder of Tiger Global Management. A descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New York, Coleman grew up in a wealthy family. After graduating from Williams College, he began his investment career working for the legendary hedge fund manager Julian Robertson at his firm, Tiger Management. When Robertson closed his fund, he seeded a number of his young analysts, who became known as the "Tiger Cubs."

Coleman was one of the most successful of these Tiger Cubs. He founded his own firm, Tiger Global Management (originally Tiger Technology), in 2001. The firm operates two main businesses: a public equity arm that runs a traditional long/short hedge fund focused on technology stocks, and a highly successful private equity arm that has become one of the most prolific and aggressive venture capital investors in the world. The firm is known for its rapid-fire investments in late-stage startups globally, from the U.S. and China to India and Latin America, making it a dominant force in the global tech investment landscape.