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Palestra Capital Management LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160535

Filed as PALESTRA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Palestra Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$5,441,912,932
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Palestra Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Palestra Capital Management LLC located?

Palestra Capital Management LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Palestra Capital Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Palestra Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160535.

How much does Palestra Capital Management LLC manage?

Palestra Capital Management LLC reports $5,441,912,932 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Palestra Capital Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Palestra Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $6,557,218,456 in the October 2021 data and $5,441,912,932 in the October 2026 data, down 17%. Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 21 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Palestra Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Does Palestra Capital Management LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160535

Does Palestra Capital Management LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "Per the private funds ’ Offering Documents, investments in the private funds are subject to a $2 million minimum for initial investments only."

What changed in Palestra Capital Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 8.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $2,000,000

The brochure's wording
Per the private funds ’ Offering Documents, investments in the private funds are subject to a $2 million minimum for initial investments only.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,441,912,932

$5,441,912,932 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,441,912,932.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $5,441,912,932 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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: 21. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$6.56B 2021 $5.59B 2022 $4.1B 2023 $4.48B 2024 $5.54B 2025 $5.44B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,441,912,93221March 31, 2026
October 2025$5,538,939,46423March 31, 2025
October 2024$4,480,219,06022August 29, 2024
October 2023$4,099,747,35920March 31, 2023
October 2022$5,589,028,72724March 31, 2022
October 2021$6,557,218,45623June 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,557,218,456 in the October 2021 data and $5,441,912,932 in the October 2026 data, down 17%.

Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 21 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
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 8.

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

Not reported.

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. Palestra Capital Management LLC (CRD 160535): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/palestra-capital-management-llc-new-york-ny-160535