DryShips Inc (fka DRYS)

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Kalani is the diluter!!!!! Toronto real estate tycoon is behind $450m DryShips deals

Hedge fund manager also revealed as investor in Top Ships and Diana

A real estate heir has emerged as the man behind the mysterious Kalani Investments, which is pumping nearly $450m into George Economou-led DryShips.

A TradeWinds investigation reveals that Toronto-based hedge-fund manager Marc Bistricer and his firm Murchinson Ltd are behind Kalani, which has also invested a further $160m in fresh equity into two other Greek companies, Top Ships and Diana Containerships.

This will surprise many observers, who had assumed Kalani to be yet another private business of Greek shipowner