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Tiger Global Management

US investment firm, founded by Chase Coleman, recorded as a named shareholder in IROKO.

Based in
New York, United States
Founder
Charles Payson Coleman III (Chase Coleman)

Tiger Global Management is a US investment management firm based in New York, founded by Charles Payson Coleman III (Chase Coleman). UK Companies House filings name the firm as a shareholder with significant control in IROKO, the Lagos-based streaming group.

No African operations of Tiger Global’s own have been independently documented for this profile; this entry exists solely to record its investor relationship to IROKO.

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