Lebanese Investor Charles Corm Built 18% Annual Return Over 27 Years With Bold Bets on Tech, Biotech, and Real Estate
Lebanese entrepreneur and investor Charles Corm has quietly built one of the most enviable track records in global finance through his investment holding company, CORMCO, which he founded in 1998. Over a 27-year span, CORMCO has posted an 18% annualized return, trouncing the S&P 500’s 10% and the Nasdaq Composite’s 14% over the same period. The outperformance is largely credited to a string of early, high-conviction bets on tech, biotech, and real estate companies around the world. Among Corm’s most notable investments: Broadcom’s IPO in 1998, Nvidia’s 1999 public debut, and a stake in Dubai-based Emaar Properties when it went public in 2000. “We look for inflection points where capital, innovation, and macro trends collide,” Corm has said in past remarks to investors. Corm, 50, serves as Managing Partner of CORMCO, a global investment holding company which remains fully privately held. While low-profile compared to other names in global finance, his influence stretches...