Tiger Global: the technology investor ruffling Silicon Valley feathers

The firm’s swift decisions, high valuations and backing of rival start-ups sets it apart from typical venture capitalists 

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Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Benjamin Parkin in New Delhi For the first 15 years of running Tiger Global Management, Chase Coleman wore a suit every day in the hopes that investors would look past his inexperience. Today, his firm faces a different kind of reputational issue. In the two decades since it was founded in 2001, Tiger Global has become one of the most profitable tech investors, holding stakes in more billion-dollar private start-ups than any other firm, according...