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Dorsal Capital Management, LP

Redwood City, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160224

Filed as DORSAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP

Dorsal Capital Management, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Redwood City, CA, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$6,640,922,166
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dorsal Capital Management, LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dorsal Capital Management, LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Dorsal Capital Management, LP located?

Dorsal Capital Management, LP's principal office is in Redwood City, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Dorsal Capital Management, LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Dorsal Capital Management, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160224.

How much does Dorsal Capital Management, LP manage?

Dorsal Capital Management, LP reports $6,640,922,166 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Dorsal Capital Management, LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dorsal Capital Management, LP: Regulatory assets under management: $4,305,427,741 in the October 2021 data and $6,640,922,166 in the October 2026 data, up 54%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 16 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Dorsal Capital Management, LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1); other (1).

Which custodians does Dorsal Capital Management, LP use?

Dorsal Capital Management, LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dorsal Capital Management, LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160224

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,640,922,166

$6,640,922,166 as of October 2026, filing dated September 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,640,922,166.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 7 Assets $5,429,556,728 (82%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $696,210,164 (10%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $515,155,274 (8%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 16. Performing investment advisory functions: 12.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$4.31B 2021 $4.84B 2022 $4.67B 2023 $6.02B 2024 $6.59B 2025 $6.64B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,640,922,16616September 9, 2026
October 2025$6,593,055,91516March 31, 2025
October 2024$6,016,059,01116April 4, 2024
October 2023$4,666,856,70416March 31, 2023
October 2022$4,844,250,09916March 31, 2022
October 2021$4,305,427,74115March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,305,427,741 in the October 2021 data and $6,640,922,166 in the October 2026 data, up 54%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 16 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Dorsal Capital Management, LP (CRD 160224): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dorsal-capital-management-lp-redwood-city-ca-160224