Siddharth Bothra is the Fund Manager of the Ambit Coffee Can Portfolio at Ambit Asset Management, with over 25 years of experience in investments and equity research. Before joining Ambit, Siddharth spent 18 years with Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL), contributing significantly to both institutional equities and asset management. At Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (MOAMC), he was part of the core team that launched its active mutual fund business in 2013 and played a pivotal role in scaling its AUM from nil to INR 220 billion. He managed the Focused Large Cap 25 Fund and Aggressive Hybrid Fund, overseeing ~INR 150 billion across four funds at its peak. Under his leadership, the Focused 25 Fund ranked among the top 10 in its category for nine out of 11 years.MOAMC was recognized as Best Equity House (2018) by Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards and ranked among Asia’s Top 100 Asset Managers by Institutional Investor during his tenure. An alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Siddharth also attended an International MBA Exchange Program at NYU Stern School of Business, New York. His strong belief in long-term compounding aligns with the Coffee Can Portfolio’s philosophy of investing in high-quality businesses for sustainable wealth creation.
The investment objective of the Ambit Coffee Can Portfolio is to invest in firms that have consistently delivered healthy fundamentals over long periods of time, and have a present organizational DNA robust enough to deliver similar consistency of returns in the future as well. Portfolio is agnostic to market cap and can invest in companies across large/mid/small-cap companies.The objective is to generate healthy portfolio performance with reduced uncertainty regardless of the nature of the prevailing macroeconomic environment at any point in time.
Ambit’s investment philosophy is centered on acquiring stakes in high-quality businesses at prices below their intrinsic value and holding them over long periods. The firm’s objective is to generate superior, risk-adjusted returns for its clients in a consistent and sustainable manner.Ambit focuses on identifying companies whose very DNA enables them to sustain strong competitive advantages over decades. By investing in businesses with structural resilience and enduring moats, Ambit aims to create long-term value for its investors.