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Seth Andrew Klarman (born May 21, 1957)[2][3] is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He is a proponent of value investing. He is the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based private investment partnership he founded in 1982.
He closely follows the investment philosophy of Benjamin Graham and is known for buying unpopular assets while they are undervalued, seeking a margin of safety and profiting from any rise in price. Since his fund's $27 million-dollar inception to 2008, he has realized a 20% compounded return on investment. He manages $27 billion in assets.[1]
Forbes lists his personal fortune at US$1.50 billion and he is the 15th highest earning hedge fund manager in the world.[1] In 2008, he was inducted into Institutional Investor Alpha's Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame.[4] He has drawn numerous comparisons to fellow value investor Warren Buffett, and akin to Buffett's notation as the "Oracle of Omaha," he is known as the "Oracle of Boston."[3][5][6]
Investment philosophy[edit]
Klarman is a known proponent of value investing, and has stated that he has known he was one since junior year of college at age 25. During an interview at Harvard Business School, he stated: "It turns out that value investing is something that is in your blood. There are people who just don't have the patience and discipline to do it, and there are people who do. So it leads me to think it's genetic."[14]
When asked what drives his fund's overall investment strategy and how value investing fits into the capital markets he replied:
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