Centaur Capital Partners, LP is an asset management
company and investment advisor based in Dallas, Texas. Centaur Capital
Partners follows an investment philosophy based upon value principles,
and selects stock investments based upon true business value as reflected
by asset value, cash flow generation, management quality, and the
competitive advantages of the underlying businesses when such stocks
are available at compelling prices. Centaur Capital Partners is the
General Partner and investment advisor to the Centaur Value Fund.
The Centaur Value Fund is a long-biased, value-oriented private
investment partnership open to accredited investors. The fund is
limited to 99 partners. The Centaur Value Fund was launched on August
1, 2002.
Zeke Ashton is the managing partner of Centaur Capital Partners
and manages the investments for the Centaur Value Fund. From November
1999 to July 2002, Mr. Ashton served as the general partner and portfolio
manager of Centaur Investments LP, a private investment partnership
and the predecessor entity to the Fund.
From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Ashton was
an investment analyst and writer for The
Motley Fool, a media company
that specializes
in investing and personal finance. Mr. Ashton continues to write
for The Motley Fool as a guest columnist.
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