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Seth Klarman Biography

Seth Klarman is one of the most popular and richest Investor who was born on May 21, 1957 in New York, United States.

Seth Andrew Klarman (born May 21, 1957) 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.

Klarman attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and was interested in majoring in mathematics but instead chose to pursue economics. He graduated magna cum laude in economics with a minor in history in 1979.. He was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. In the summer of his junior year, he interned at the Mutual Shares fund and was introduced to Max Heine and Michael Price. After graduating from college, he went back to the company to work for 18 months before deciding to go to business school. He went on to attend Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and was classmates with Jeffrey Immelt, Steve Burke, Stephen Mandel, James Long, and Jamie Dimon.

NameSeth Klarman
First NameShane
Last NameCloete
OccupationInvestor
BirthdayMay 21
Birth Year1957
Place of BirthNew York
Home Town
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignTaurus
Full/Birth Name
ParentsHerbert E. Klarman, Muriel Klarman
SiblingsMichael Klarman
SpouseBeth Schultz Klarman
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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After graduating from business school in 1982, he founded The Baupost Group with Harvard Professor William J. Poorvu and partners Howard H. Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac Auerbach. The name is an acronym based on the founders’ names (the name was decided on before Klarman joined the project). Poorvu asked Klarman and his associates to manage some money he had raised from the selling of his share in a local television station and the fund was started with US$27 million in start up capital. His starting salary was $35,000 a year, considered low to alternative job offers, and he later recalled that the other founders “were taking a big risk on a relatively inexperienced person.” Early on in his investment career, he used to badger Goldman Sachs salesmen with so many questions regarding their options and thoughts on the markets that they were afraid to pick up the phone if they saw that Baupost was calling.

Seth Klarman Net Worth

Seth Klarman is one of the richest Investor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Seth Klarman's net worth 1.5 billion USD (2020). (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Klarman was born on May 21, 1957 in New York City. When he was six, he moved to the Mt. Washington area of Baltimore, Maryland near the Pimlico Race Course. His father was a public health economist at Johns Hopkins University and his mother was a psychiatric social worker His parents divorced shortly after their moving to Baltimore.

Net Worth1.5 billion USD (2020)
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeInvestor
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Klarman has written many annual letters to shareholders but has kept a limited role in writing articles, op-eds or books. In 1991, Klarman published his only book, Margin of Safety, Risk Averse Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor (1991), a reflection of value investing found in his hedge fund. In the book, he outlines the various issues with retail investing, and critiques small time investors getting into the market purely using metrics such as share price momentum and losing money in the long run. He issues that this is speculation and at times gambling, and should be discouraged in the market place. The book asserts that more people should follow the principals of value investing or people who invest in stocks that trade below their underlying value so as to purchase them at a discount.

Klarman owns Klaravich Stables Inc. and has been racing horses with William Lawrence since 2006. Their horse, Cloud Computing, won the 2017 Preakness Stakes.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Klarman typically keeps a low profile, rarely speaking in public or granting interviews. He lives in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with his wife, Beth Schultz Klarman, whom he met on a Boston Harbor cruise in 1982; they have three children. His brother, Michael Klarman, is a professor at Harvard Law School.

He edited the 6th edition of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd’s Security Analysis in 2008.

Who is Seth Klarman Dating?

According to our records, Seth Klarman married to Beth Schultz Klarman . As of December 1, 2023, Seth Klarman’s is not dating anyone.

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Klarman has been an avid supporter of the teachings of Benjamin Graham, and during the Financial crisis of 2007–2008 criticized the short-term thinking of other fund managers, he believes that the “this-time-is-different” mindset will give a false sense of security to investors and they ought to look at the bigger picture. He stresses the utility in the economy’s business cycles and their predestined and perpetual self-corrective tendency. Klarman is known to sit on 30% to 50% of his funds in cash as to avoid unfavorable market conditions and only buys stocks he thinks have a suitable mispricing.

Facts & Trivia

Shane Ranked on the list of most popular Investor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Seth Klarman celebrates birthday on May 21 of every year.

In 2008, he was inducted into Institutional Investors Alpha’s Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame along with Alfred Jones, Bruce Kovner, David Swensen, George Soros, Jack Nash, James Simons, Julian Roberston, Kenneth Griffin, Leon Levy, Louis Bacon, Michael Steinhardt, Paul Tudor Jones and Steven A. Cohen.

How did Seth Klarman make his money?

Real Time Net Worth Investment legend Seth Klarman runs Boston-based firm Baupost. With $30 billion under management, Baupost is one of the largest hedge funds. Klarman is seen as an expert in value investing. His book “Margin of Safety,” a cult classic among investors, sells for as much as $3,000 on Amazon.

What stocks is Seth Klarman buying?

  • Qorvo, Inc. (NASDAQ:QRVO) …
  • Starz Acquisition LLC (NASDAQ:STRZA) …
  • Nuvation Bio Inc. …
  • Dropbox, Inc. …
  • Fiserv, Inc.

What companies does Baupost own?

Baupost Group increased Liberty SiriusXM, Theravance Biopharma, and Joby Aviation while decreasing eBay, Willis Towers Watson, International Flavors & Fragrances, and PG&E. The portfolio continues to be heavily concentrated with the top three positions accounting for ~35% of the 13F portfolio.

What does Baupost Group do?

The Baupost Group is a Boston-based investment manager with a long-term, value-oriented approach. Since 1982, the firm has been thoughtfully stewarding and compounding capital on behalf of families, foundations and endowments, as well as employees who collectively are the firm’s largest client.

Can you invest in baupost?

Currently, The Baupost Group is not open to new investors or clients.

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