Chanos warned investors of a 'speculative leg-up' back in November Submitted By James Williams | 24/06/2020 - 8:00am Jim Chanos, the president and founder of Kynikos Associates and one of the industry’s higher profile short-sellers, said that the evidence was almost irrefutable late last year that something was wrong with Wirecard. Speaking to Bloomberg anchor Scarlet Fu during the Bloomberg Invest Global digital summit, running this week, Chanos said the evidence had been piling up and that it was the largest position in the hedge fund manager’s global short accounts.