Michael Burry

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Burry
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	Jun 19, 1971(1971-06-19)
Age	53
Birthplace	San Jose
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Gemini

Michael Burry Biography

Michael Burry is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on June 19, 1971 in San Jose, California, United States.

Michael James Burry (/ˈ b ɜːr i / ; born June 19, 1971) is an American physician, investor, and hedge fund manager. He was the founder of the hedge fund Scion Capital, which he ran from 2000 until 2008, before closing the firm to focus on his own personal investments. Burry was the first investor to recognize and profit from the impending subprime mortgage crisis.

Burry then left to start his own hedge fund. He had already developed a reputation as an investor by demonstrating success in value investing, which he wrote about on message boards on the stock discussion site Silicon Investor beginning in 1996. He was so successful with his stock picks that he attracted the interest of companies such as Vanguard, White Mountains Insurance Group and prominent investors such as Joel Greenblatt. Burry has a strictly traditional understanding of value. He has said more than once that his investment style is built upon Benjamin Graham and David Dodd’s 1934 book Security Analysis: “All my stock picking is 100% based on the concept of a margin of safety.”

Michael Burry Net Worth

Michael Burry is one of the richest Physician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Burry 's net worth $200–300 million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michael Burry was born in 1971 and grew up in San Jose, California. At the age of two he lost one of his eyes to cancer and has had an artificial eye ever since.

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Who is Michael Burry Dating?

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In an April 3, 2010 op-ed for The New York Times, Burry argued that anyone who studied the financial markets carefully in 2003, 2004, and 2005 could have recognized the growing risk in the subprime markets. He faulted federal regulators for failing to listen to warnings from outside a closed circle of advisors.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Burry celebrates birthday on June 19 of every year.

Burry has focused much of his attention on investing in water, gold, and farmland. Burry has been quoted saying “Fresh, clean water cannot be taken for granted. And it is not—water is political, and litigious.” After the end of the film, The Big Short, a statement regarding Burry’s current interest reads, “The small investing he still does is all focused on one commodity: water.”

Does Michael Burry only have one eye?

Burry was born and grew up in San Jose, California. At the age of two he lost his left eye to retinoblastoma and has had a prosthetic eye ever since.

How much did Michael Burry make in the big short?

Burry told his investors to come in with him on a massive bet against the housing market in 2005. It took years for Michael’s predictions to play out. However, when they did, he returned a personal profit of $100 million and $700 million for his investors. His firm’s total return for 2000 to 2008 was 489.34%.

Why is Michael Burry investing in water?

He prefers water-rich farmland away from large governmental and infrastructural limitations. Burry has said in interview: “What became clear to me is that food is the way to invest in water. That is, grow food in water- rich areas and transport it for sale in water-poor areas.

How did Michael Burry get rich?

He achieved this pinnacle of success after he moved to the Subprime market. Michael Burry had made the complete change in his career from being a medical physician to a hedge fund manager. He was a brilliant market analyst and his studies of the real estate market predicted that the bubble would collapse around 2007.

What is Michael Burry doing now?

Born in California, Burry is an American investor, physician, and hedge fund manager. Currently, he manages Scion Asset Management , which he founded in 2013. Scion Asset Management mainly invests in services, technology, finance, and consumer goods sector as of Q2.