Sid Malhotra
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Chief Investment Officer with over 18 years of alternative investment management experience at several leading multi-billion dollar investment firms including Citadel, PAAMCO and the Pritzker Group family office. Over 14 years of experience investing for three different Forbes 400 families. Institutional Investor nominated Kactus Capital as Family Office of the Year in 2022 and 2019. Wealth & Finance International Magazine awarded Kactus Capital Best Institutional Single Family Office USA in 2022.
Sid Malhotra is the CIO, IC member and a founding member at Kactus Capital, an institutional Forbes 400 family office located in NYC. Sid is responsible for leading the firm’s investment efforts. Prior to joining Kactus Capital, Sid was a Vice President at the Pritzker Group family office which manages capital for Pritzker brothers Tony and J.B. Pritzker and their respective family foundations. At the Pritzker Group, Sid focused on portfolio management, investment manager selection, direct investments, co-investments and risk management. Prior to Pritzker Group, Sid worked in Portfolio Management at PAAMCO (Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company), a $9B leading institutional hedge fund of funds, where he oversaw over $1B in hedge fund investments including sourcing and analyzing hedge fund managers, due diligence, risk monitoring and portfolio management. Before joining PAAMCO, Sid was a credit analyst at Citadel, a $12B multi-strategy hedge fund, with a focus on investments across the capital structure. Prior to Citadel, Sid worked in the Transaction Advisory Services group at KPMG LLP where he provided merger and acquisition advisory and financing services to middle market private equity funds, investment banks and commercial banks. He began his career in the audit group at KPMG LLP. Sid currently serves on the Advisory Board for several leading private investment firms spanning private equity, venture capital and private credit.
Sid holds an MBA in Analytic Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Masters in Professional Accounting from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas – Austin and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. He has completed the Value Investing Executive Education program at Columbia Business School and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Sid is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society New York and has guest lectured at Columbia University’s graduate School of Professional Studies.