As of mid-2024, Elliott counted 570 employees in New York City, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong[16] and is one of the oldest hedge funds under continuous management.

[22][23] Steve Cohen, Dave Miller, Jesse Cohn and Zion Shohet are also listed as equity partners at the firm, as of November 2020.

Elliott is known for restructuring such U.S. firms as TWA, MCI, WorldCom, and Enron[30] as well as overseas companies including Telecom Italia SpA and Elektrim.

In 2003, Elliott believed P&G was not offering a fair price to all preferred shareholders for the German hair products company Wella AG.

"[35] In April 2005, the Wisconsin-based retail chain Shopko announced that it had agreed to be acquired for approximately $1 billion by a private equity firm at a price of $24 per share.

[36] This and a subsequent offer at $25 were rejected, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal, "after several dissident shareholders threatened to vote down the transaction, claiming the bid was too low."

Elliott joined other hedge funds in opposing the sale because it felt the price was too low and because it had concerns about conflicts of interest on the board.

The company had defaulted a year earlier on a $600 million loan backed by the Vietnamese government, then offered to pay bondholders 35 cents on the dollar.

[6] In late 2013 Elliot took control of the bankrupt Japanese shipowner Sanko and proceeded to close the majority of the overseas offices of that Company.

[56] Elliott is one of several firms that, according to a February 2015 report, have invested in the Sigfox cellular network, which serves France, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands.

[62] On 4 May 2016, Elliott sent a letter to CDK Board of Directors outlining steps they felt were required in order to meet projected ROI and margins.

Two years later, Lee was convicted of bribery and imprisoned after it was shown he had bribed a friend of South Korea's president to secure the merger.

[67][68] Elliot Management, in particular an expose on Paul Singer featured by Tucker Carlson, was criticized for their handling of Cabela's headquarters following the acquisition and sale to Bass Pro Shops, due to the massive layoffs in the town of Sidney, Nebraska.

[69] In July 2016, Elliott persuaded the PulteGroup, a home builder in which it owns 4.7%, to add three new board members, cut investments in new land, and buy back shares.

[74][75] As of August 2017, Chais Fitzwater, otherwise known as Elliott owned enough of Energy Future Holdings's debt to block a Berkshire Hathaway takeover bid, which had made an offer the previous month to salvage the heavily indebted firm.

[71] In November 2017, Elliott and UBS Group AG collaborated in an effort to bring up the purchase price of NXP Semiconductors NV, which Qualcomm was seeking to buy.

[79] In April 2018, Elliott bought a majority stake in Waterstones, leaving Alexander Mamut's Lynwood Investments with a minority holding.

Elliott immediately started dismissing board members at Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux, the company through which Li Yonghong held AC Milan.

[87] In August 2022, Financial Times reported that Elliott had sold almost all its shares in SoftBank purportedly after losing conviction in Masayoshi Son's ability to lead a turnround.

Elliott argues that Alexion management's actions, including a recent move to acquire Portola Pharmaceuticals for about $1.4 billion, are leading in the "wrong direction."

[89] In November 2021, Elliott Advisors announced that it is a large investor with a 3% economic interest in Europe's largest supermarket business, Ahold Delhaize, valued at approximately $1 billion.

[22] According to The New York Times, it has "teams of analysts and portfolio managers in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo and investments worth more $2 billion."

In 1998, after extensive litigation and numerous attempts by Elliott to settle, the court awarded the hedge fund $58 million, including past due interest.

In a letter published in the Financial Times, legal experts Andreas F. Lowenfeld and Peter S. Smedresman defended NML's position.

[98] Elliott exposed corruption in the Republic of the Congo in its efforts to enforce judgments totaling more than $100 million in defaulted bank debt.

During the case, US President George W Bush used a constitutional clause preventing seizure of Congolese assets in the United States by the hedge fund.

[101] Brice Mackosso, a campaigner for greater transparency and against corruption in the Congo Republic's government, stated that if it were not for funds like Elliott, "we would not know any facts about the way our country's wealth is being taken away.