James Steven Chanos is a Greek-American investment manager who serves as the president and founder of Kynikos Associates, a New York City registered investment advisor. Established in 1985, Kynikos Associates specializes in short selling. Chanos gained significant recognition for accurately predicting the collapse of Enron, and he has been given nicknames such as the "Darth Vader of Wall Street," the "Catastrophe Capitalist," and the "LeBron James of short selling.