what is david tepper s interest in sports 
david tepper showed an interest in baseball and football at a young age he had a penchant for memorizing baseball statistics in 2009 he purchased a share of the nfl team the pittsburgh steelers he bought another nfl team the carolina panthers in 2018 the bottom linedavid tepper is known as one of the leading hedge fund managers of his generation he is considered an expert in distressed debt investment garnering steady returns for client investors since its 1993 inception tepper s appaloosa fund has compounded at more than 25 per year 