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Ocean Park Capital Management
Ryan Wilder's Ocean Park Capital runs a concentrated long/short equity strategy out of Santa Monica, launched in 2008 and surviving the GFC intact.
Ocean Park Capital Management
Wilder established Ocean Park during one of the most treacherous market environments in modern history — the firm’s launch year was 2008. Prior to founding Ocean Park, he spent over a decade as an analyst and portfolio manager at well-known fundamental equity platforms, including Trust Company of the West, where he developed the concentrated, benchmark-agnostic approach that would define his own firm. The wealth backing the firm is generated entirely from its own track record; it is not linked to a single industrial or technology fortune. The firm runs a classic fundamental long/short equity book with a multi-sector mandate, typically holding 15–25 names across technology, consumer, healthcare, financials and industrials. Ocean Park does not operate as a multi-manager platform or a family-office co-invest vehicle — it is a pure-play hedge fund manager making concentrated bets. The strategy emphasizes deep due diligence, direct management meetings and a willingness to hold positions for three to five years when the thesis calls for it. Public filings have shown meaningful positions in companies such as Meta Platforms and Amazon over multiple reporting periods, with the firm adjusting sizing rather than exiting entirely during volatility. Team size has historically been lean, likely below a dozen investment professionals, reinforcing the concentrated partnership model rather than a large institutional infrastructure. The firm’s headquarters is in Santa Monica, California, with no publicly disclosed satellite offices. Ocean Park has not launched adjacent vehicles, co-investment clubs or philanthropic foundations under a shared brand. The 2008 vintage and survival through the Global Financial Crisis remains a core part of the firm's identity and marketing to allocators. Ocean Park’s structural differentiator is its longevity and consistency within a small-partnership architecture. Many concentrated equity managers blow up or dilute their process by year seven; Wilder’s firm has stuck to the same model for over 15 years, offering what is effectively a permanent-capital-like alignment with a tightly restricted asset base. The firm has never been absorbed into a larger multi-manager or converted into a family office, keeping its incentives unusually clean in an industry marked by constant restructuring.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2008
AUM
$500M – $1B (Altss estimate)
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Santa Monica
Corporate office
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Principals
Ryan Wilder
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Ocean Park Capital Management?
Ryan Wilder makes all final investment decisions as founder and Chief Investment Officer. He built the concentrated long/short equity strategy around his own fundamental research process, and the firm has not publicly named another portfolio manager with independent authority. Wilder's background includes senior analyst and PM roles at Trust Company of the West, where he honed the benchmark-agnostic approach that Ocean Park still uses.
What is Ocean Park's investment strategy?
The firm runs a concentrated fundamental long/short equity strategy across multiple sectors, typically holding 15–25 positions at any time. Ocean Park is not a sector specialist — it invests across technology, consumer, healthcare, financials and industrials based on bottom-up research. The strategy emphasizes long holding periods of three to five years for core positions, rather than quarterly turnover.
Does Ocean Park manage a single fund or multiple vehicles?
Ocean Park Capital operates primarily through a single long/short equity fund structure. The firm has not publicly launched multiple funds, separate managed accounts with distinct strategies, or adjacent vehicles like private equity or credit funds. This singular focus reinforces the concentrated partnership model that has defined the firm since 2008.
How concentrated is the portfolio?
Public 13F filings and the firm's own disclosures indicate a portfolio of roughly 15–25 long positions, with a short book that is not publicly disclosed but described as a similarly tight set of fundamental shorts. Top positions can represent significant portfolio weight — the firm's sizing reflects conviction rather than risk-management dispersion rules common at larger multi-managers.
What is Ocean Park's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Ocean Park does not operate as a co-investment platform and does not participate in GP-led syndicates or club deals. The firm's mandate is strictly public-market focused through its long/short equity vehicle. There is no evidence of private-company exposure, venture-stage investing or fund-of-funds commitments on behalf of clients.
How does Ocean Park source investment ideas?
Idea generation is grounded in direct fundamental analysis — management meetings, financial-statement deep dives, and industry-channel work. The concentrated book means the firm does not rely on a broad-screening quantitative system. Wilder and his team build theses over months, and the firm's long holding periods suggest an aversion to catalyst-driven event trades or high-frequency rebalancing based on short-term sector rotation.
Has Ocean Park's strategy changed materially since 2008?
No. The firm has maintained its concentrated, fundamental, benchmark-agnostic long/short equity mandate consistently since launch. Unlike peers that broadened into private markets, launched UCITS vehicles, or adopted a multi-PM platform model as assets grew, Ocean Park has deliberately remained a single-strategy boutique. This stability is a feature allocators specifically reference in due diligence.
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