S cott Shleifer is an American investor who is a partner at Tiger Global Management and the founder of its highly influential private equity business. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Shleifer joined Tiger Global in 2002, tasked by firm founder Chase Coleman with building a venture capital arm to complement its public market hedge fund. This strategic move would ultimately transform the firm and the landscape of late-stage technology investing.

Under Shleifer's leadership, the private equity division became renowned for its aggressive and rapid investment strategy. He pioneered an approach of making numerous, large-scale investments in promising tech startups globally, often making decisions and deploying capital with a speed that traditional venture capital firms could not match. This prolific 'blitzscaling' approach led to early and highly profitable stakes in some of the world's most successful technology companies, including JD.com in China, Flipkart in India, and Stripe in the U.S. His foresight and deal-making prowess turned Tiger Global's private equity arm into its primary profit center and established him as one of the most powerful and disruptive forces in global venture capital.