Charles Corm Biography

Charles Corm is an entrepreneur and investor who serves as Managing Partner of CORMCO, a private investment company he founded in 1998 and focused on public and private companies in the global tech, biotech, and real estate industries. Through CORMCO, Charles invested in a string of high-profile IPOs, such as Broadcom in 1998, Nvidia in 1999, and Emaar Properties in 2000. From 1998 to 2024, CORMCO’s investments generated a 21% annualized return, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes' annualized returns over the same time period (respectively 10% and 14%). In addition to his role at CORMCO, Charles is an advisor to private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, and UHNWIs.

Charles was born in 1974 into the prominent and wealthy Corm family. His mother, Maya Shahid, is a Lebanese painter and the daughter of Munib Shahid and Serene Husseini Shahid. His father, David, is a Lebanese architect and businessman who played a significant role in Saudi Arabia's economic boom in the 1960s, before the kingdom became the world's largest oil producer in 1976. Charles is the grandson of Lebanese writer and industrialist Charles Corm. His great-grandfather is Lebanese painter Daoud Corm. Other relatives include Jamal Husseini (great-grandfather), Georges Corm (cousin), Walid Juffali (cousin), Khaled Juffali (cousin), and Jamil Baroody (great-uncle).

In 1975, when the Lebanese Civil War erupted, his parents sought refuge in Paris, where Charles grew up and attended school at Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, a highly selective Jesuit school. He later attended Paris Dauphine University, from which he graduated in 1996 with an MSG in economics, management, and finance. During university, Charles briefly worked as a barman and fashion model. Charles then earned, in 2003, an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York City.

Charles started his career in 1997 as a hedge fund analyst, covering US tech and biotech stocks on Wall Street. In 1998, he quit his job to found CORMCO. Through CORMCO, Charles invested in a string of high-profile IPOs, such as Broadcom in 1998, Nvidia in 1999, and Emaar Properties in 2000, the two first now being, more than 25 years later, among the 10 most valuable companies in the world and two of the leaders of what has been called the AI revolution. CORMCO was a strong proponent of patient capital, whereas an investor is willing to forgo an immediate return in anticipation of more substantial returns down the road. This strategy helped CORMCO achieve superior investment returns from its inception in 1998 throughout 2024. CORMCO’s focus on tech and biotech as well as its high top 10 positions concentration also contributed to this outperformance.

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