Nathan Anderson, whose activist short-selling firm Hindenburg Research became famous in financial circles by publishing a video of a truck rolling down a hill, is calling it quits.

Hindenburg Research disbands after targeting major firms like Adani and Nikola with allegations of fraud and mismanagement.

Hindenburg Research which set off a firestorm in India with withering allegations against the Adani Group is being disbanded, marking the end of the American short-seller feared for successfully targeting dozens of corporations.

Founder Nathan Anderson says he and his team are ready to move on to the next chapter in their lives after just eight years.

Anderson, who founded Hindenburg in 2017, explained in a post on the company’s website that the decision was prompted by the

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One of Wall Street's most famous short sellers is calling it quits. Hindenburg Research attributed the decision to a career that "has come at the cost of missing a lot of the rest of the world and the people I care about,