Knighthead Capital Management

Private Equity SEC-registered adviser

Legal name: Knighthead Capital Management, LLC

New York, NY Website LinkedIn

AUM

$19.0B
Regulatory AUM

Private funds

12
Private Equity 10 · Hedge Fund 2

Private fund assets

$14.0B
Gross asset value

Employees

58

Last Form D raise

Dec 2025
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed May 7, 2026). View on SEC

People(5)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

Funds(9)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Knighthead Master Fund, L.P.Hedge Fund$1.3B$1.4B152Dec 2025Warm
Shelby Companies LimitedPrivate Equity$70.1M$16.0M7Nov 2025Warm
Kh Homer City Loan Holdings, LPPrivate Equity$67.0M$51.3M6Nov 2025Warm
Kh Homer City Equity Holdings, LPPrivate Equity$24.6M$25.0M1Nov 2025Warm
Knighthead Insurance Holdings, LTDPrivate Equity$831.4M$51.5M12Aug 2021Cold
Knighthead Distressed Opportunities Fund, LPPrivate Equity$403.4M$97.7M22Jul 2020Cold
Knighthead Holdings, LTDPrivate Equity$8.0B———
Knighthead Managed Opportunities, LPPrivate Equity$434.8M———
Knighthead (ny) Fund, LPHedge Fund$409.7M———

Board seats

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

No board seats matched from SEC filings yet.

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
157483
SEC file number
801-73337
CIK
1512397

Sources