Seth Klarman is a billionaire hedge fund manager, and author. His primary method in the markets is value investing like Benjamin Graham. His focus is on finding unpopular assets that are undervalued and he buys them looking for a price rise back to true value over time.
He is the portfolio manager of the Baupost Group private investment partnership he founded in 1982 located in Boston. His fund went from managing $27 million in 2008 to $27 billion in assets now with a 20% compounded return on investments.
He wrote the highly valued and rare book ‘Margin of Safety’ in 1991. The book explains risk-averse value investing strategies. The book explains his views on value investing, emotional self control in the markets, how to value a company, and portfolio management, along with other topics.
He was inducted into the Institutional Investor Alpha’s Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame in 2008, and is known as the “Oracle of Boston” due to his similarities with Warren Buffett. Seth Klarman’s current net worth in 2021 is approximately $1.5 billion.
Below is the current Seth Klarman portfolio in 2021 showing the Baupost Group portfolio holdings as of his 13f filings for the 4th quarter of 2020 on 12/31/2020 with $10.85 billion under management in this portfolio.
Position ranked by size/Ticker symbol/Company or ETF name/Portfolio percentage:
- EBAY Ebay Inc 14.42%
- LBTYK Lbtyk 11.90%
- INTC Intel Corp 8.35%
- QRVO Qrvo 6.81%
- FOXA Fox Corp Cl A Com 5.96%
- VSAT Viasat Inc 4.90%
- MU Micron Technology Inc 3.62%
- PCG Pg&e Corp 3.52%
- PSTH Pershing Square Tontine Hldg Com Cl A 3.25%
- TBIO Translate Bio Inc Com 3.07%
- MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation 2.93%
- LSXMK Liberty Siriusxm Group Cl C 2.60%
- FB Facebook Inc 2.32%
- SSNC Ss&c Technologies Hldgs Inc 2.22%
- NXST Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc 2.10%
- LBTYA Liberty Global Plc 1.71%
- ATRA Atara Biotherapeutics Inc 1.65%
- VIAC Viacomcbs Inc Cl B 1.61%
- Advantage Solutions Inc Com Cl A 1.52%
- FOX Fox Corp Cl B Com 1.51%
- TBPH Theravance Biopharma Inc 1.43%
- VRNT Verint Sys Inc 1.42%
- LSXMA Liberty Siriusxm Group Cl A 1.39%
- FNF Fnf 1.37%
- GOOG Alphabet Inc 1.28%
- PEAK Healthpeak Pptys Inc Com 1.11%
- CLNS Colony Northstar Inc Cl A Com 1.07%
- VRTV Veritiv Corp Com 0.68%
- Ajax I Unit 0.57%
- Redball Acquisition Corp Com Cl A 0.50%
- Vesper Healthcare Acqstn Cor Com Cl A 0.41%
- Horizon Acquisition Corporat Unit 0.35%
- TMQ Trilogy Metals Inc 0.23%
- Investindustrial Acquisition Unit 0.20%
- Radius Global Infrastrctre I Com Cl A 0.18%
- Reinvent Technology Partners Unit 0.10%
- Dragoneer Growth Oppty Corp Shs Cl A 0.10%
- VIST Vista Oil & Gas S A B De C V Sponsored Ads 0.05%
- Redball Acquisition Corp W Exp 0.03%
- Vesper Healthcare Acqstn Cor W 0.03%
