All Investors (150)

Ranked by combined score across philosophy alignment, concentration, rationality, integrity, track record, transparency, relevance, and AGI awareness.

Charlie Munger

Daily Journal / Berkshire Hathaway

9.1
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Buffett's intellectual partner who transformed value investing from cigar butts to wonderful businesses, embodying concentrated, long-term, downside-aware inves...

Philosophy10Concentration10Rationality10

Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway

8.9
FOLLOW

The GOAT; our philosophical foundation, but Berkshire's size limits actionable idea overlap -- follow for philosophy, temperament, and market signals.

Philosophy10Rationality10Integrity10

Nick Sleep

Nomad Investment Partnership (retired)

8.8
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The most intellectually original investor of the past 30 years -- his 'scale economics shared' and 'destination analysis' frameworks, hyper-concentrated Amazon/...

Philosophy10Concentration10Rationality10

Li Lu

Himalaya Capital Management

8.8
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Munger's only external manager; extreme concentration, 25yr+ exceptional record, deeply aligned with our philosophy but low transparency.

Concentration10Rationality10Integrity10

Mohnish Pabrai

Pabrai Investment Funds / Dhandho Funds

8.7
FOLLOW

Shameless cloner with Buffett fee structure; highly concentrated, transparent, strong 25yr record, Micron position aligns with AGI thesis.

Integrity10Philosophy9Concentration9

Cliff Sosin

CAS Investment Partners

8.6
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Ultra-concentrated investor with 2-3 stock portfolio (Amazon, Meta); possibly the closest philosophical match to our approach; excellent track record but very l...

Philosophy10Concentration10Rationality9

Chuck Akre

Akre Capital Management

8.5
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Master of compounding with a 25+ year track record of market-beating returns using the 'three-legged stool' framework -- exceptional concentration, integrity, a...

Integrity10Philosophy9Concentration9

Chris Hohn

TCI Fund Management

8.3
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One of the best-performing hedge funds in history running an ultra-concentrated 9-stock, $53.6B portfolio of monopoly-quality businesses -- exceptional alignmen...

Concentration10Philosophy9Rationality9

Bryan Lawrence

Oakcliff Capital

8.3
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Exceptional concentrated value investor with 17% annualized returns over 20 years in ~11 high-quality positions; highly aligned with our approach.

Philosophy9Concentration9Rationality9

John Huber

Saber Capital Management

8.3
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Highly concentrated Buffett-style investor with 5-8 positions; strong overlap with our philosophy on concentration, quality, and downside protection; track his...

Concentration10Philosophy9Rationality9

Francois Rochon

Giverny Capital

8.3
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Canada's finest quality compounder investor with a 30+ year track record of 15%+ annualized returns, extraordinary transparency through annual letters since 199...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Robert Vinall

RV Capital

8.2
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Intellectually honest European concentrated investor with 12-stock portfolio and exceptionally thoughtful annual letters; strong philosophical alignment.

Concentration9Rationality9Integrity9

Terry Smith

Fundsmith

8.1
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Fearless forensic accountant turned quality compounder with a 15-year track record of 15%+ annualized returns, a Meta/Microsoft-heavy portfolio, and 'buy good c...

Philosophy9Transparency9Rationality8

Christopher Bloomstran

Semper Augustus Investments

7.9
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The most analytically rigorous investor alive -- his 100+ page annual letters and definitive Berkshire Hathaway intrinsic value analysis provide a masterclass i...

Transparency10Rationality9Integrity9

Philip Fisher

Fisher & Co

7.9
WATCH

The father of growth investing whose concentrated, long-term, qualitative approach to finding exceptional businesses is a direct intellectual ancestor of our in...

Concentration10Integrity10Philosophy9

Seth Klarman

Baupost Group

7.8
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The gold standard of margin-of-safety investing with a 40-year track record of protecting capital, though his multi-asset complexity and tech avoidance limit di...

Rationality10Integrity10Philosophy9

Jean-Marie Eveillard

First Eagle Investments (retired)

7.8
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Legendary capital preservation-first value investor whose tech bubble discipline and 'lose shareholders not their money' philosophy is a masterclass in integrit...

Rationality10Integrity10Philosophy9

Norbert Lou

Punch Card Capital

7.8
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Ultra-concentrated Buffett disciple with 3-5 massive positions in wide-moat businesses; philosophically ideal but nearly zero public transparency.

Concentration10Philosophy9Integrity9

Pat Dorsey

Dorsey Asset Management

7.8
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The foremost thinker on economic moats, running a concentrated portfolio of high-ROIC compounders with long reinvestment runways -- intellectually the closest m...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Thomas Russo

Gardner Russo & Quinn

7.8
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Quintessential long-term compounder with 35+ years of disciplined global brand investing and impeccable integrity, though near-zero tech exposure limits relevan...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Francis Chou

Chou Associates Management

7.8
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Self-taught Canadian deep value investor with exceptional intellectual honesty, Buffett-like shareholder letters, and strong long-term returns despite painful r...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Aswath Damodaran

NYU Stern School of Business (academic, no fund)

7.8
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The world's foremost valuation teacher; unmatched in transparency and intellectual rigor; invaluable as a framework provider but not a concentrated conviction i...

Rationality10Integrity10Transparency10

Tom Gayner

Markel Group (formerly Markel Corporation)

7.8
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Patient, principled Berkshire-style capital allocator who built Markel into a mini-conglomerate with excellent long-term returns, high integrity, and strong ali...

Rationality9Integrity9Philosophy8

Allan Mecham

Arlington Value Capital

7.7
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Perhaps the purest modern expression of concentrated, patient, downside-focused value investing — extraordinary returns with 5-8 positions, voluntarily returned...

Philosophy10Concentration10Integrity10

Bill Nygren

Oakmark Funds / Harris Associates

7.6
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Disciplined GARP investor with 40+ years at one firm, focused on growing intrinsic value per share, strong track record, and a willingness to own tech within a...

Philosophy8Rationality8Integrity8

Marty Whitman

Third Avenue Management

7.6
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One of the most intellectually rigorous value investors in history; his 'safe AND cheap' framework, balance-sheet primacy, and credit-analysis approach to equit...

Philosophy9Rationality9Transparency9

Ted Weschler

Berkshire Hathaway

7.5
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Grew IRA from $70K to $264M; exceptional record but positions buried in Berkshire's 13F, limiting real-time tracking utility.

Rationality9Integrity9Track Record9

Peter Cundill

Mackenzie Cundill (Cundill Value Fund)

7.5
WATCH

Legacy Canadian global deep value investor with a superb 30-year track record, meticulous diaries, and one of the purest Ben Graham approaches ever practiced —...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Chris Davis

Davis Advisors

7.5
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Third-generation value investor with $2B+ co-invested in his own funds, Berkshire board member, and a multi-decade compounder approach -- exceptional integrity...

Integrity9Philosophy8Rationality8

Benjamin Graham

Graham-Newman Corp

7.5
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The father of value investing whose margin-of-safety framework is the foundation of our floor-price philosophy, though his diversified quantitative approach div...

Rationality10Integrity10Transparency10

Bill Gurley

Benchmark

7.5
WATCH

One of the greatest venture capitalists ever, with exceptional analytical rigor and integrity -- a superb intellectual resource on technology business models bu...

Rationality9Integrity9Track Record9

Stanley Druckenmiller

Duquesne Family Office

7.4
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Possibly the greatest risk-adjusted track record in hedge fund history, with strong AI conviction and concentration tendencies, but his macro-driven, actively t...

Track Record10Rationality9Integrity9

John Templeton

Templeton Growth Fund (deceased 2008)

7.4
FOLLOW

One of history's greatest investors whose 'buy at maximum pessimism' philosophy and 38-year track record validate deep contrarian value investing.

Rationality10Integrity10Track Record10

David Poppe

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (Sequoia Fund)

7.4
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Buffett-lineage concentrated value fund with high transparency and strong philosophical alignment, though scarred by the Valeant debacle.

Philosophy9Concentration9Transparency9

Michael Mauboussin

Counterpoint Global / Morgan Stanley Investment Management

7.4
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The investment industry's premier meta-thinker; expectations investing and base rate frameworks are essential tools; more researcher than portfolio manager but...

Rationality10Integrity10Transparency8

Howard Marks

Oaktree Capital Management

7.3
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The greatest investment thinker/writer alive with unmatched transparency through his memos, but primarily a credit/distressed investor whose 13F equity holdings...

Rationality10Transparency10Integrity9

Mason Hawkins

Southeastern Asset Management / Longleaf Partners

7.3
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Deep value purist with exceptional integrity and $1.2B co-investment, whose concentrated, engaged approach matches our philosophy perfectly on paper -- but 15 y...

Concentration9Integrity9Philosophy8

Arnold Van Den Berg

Century Management

7.3
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Self-taught Holocaust survivor who built a 50-year track record through disciplined value investing, large cash buffers, and psychological mastery — a near-perf...

Philosophy9Rationality9Integrity9

Murray Stahl

Horizon Kinetics

7.3
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Deeply original contrarian thinker with a royalty-company-focused, long-term, concentrated approach and exceptionally transparent research, though heavy commodi...

Concentration9Transparency9Rationality8

Guy Spier

Aquamarine Capital

7.2
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Deeply principled Buffett disciple with excellent behavioral discipline and high integrity, but average returns and cloning-based approach mean he's better as a...

Integrity9Philosophy8Concentration8

Matthew McLennan

First Eagle Investments (Global Value Team)

7.2
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Thoughtful capital preservation-first global value investor with gold hedge, strong integrity, but too diversified for our concentrated style.

Rationality9Integrity9Philosophy8

Peter Cundill

Cundill Funds (Peter Cundill & Associates)

7.2
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Canadian deep-value master who applied Graham's NCAV methodology globally for 30+ years with ~15% annualized returns — a strong philosophical match for our floo...

Rationality9Integrity9Philosophy8

Nick Train

Lindsell Train

7.2
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Ultra-long-term, highly concentrated UK quality compounder with a 20+ year track record of outperformance — strong philosophy alignment but avoids technology an...

Concentration9Integrity9Rationality8

Stephen Mandel

Lone Pine Capital

7.1
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Most concentrated Tiger Cub with quality-growth philosophy and 87% in top 10 holdings closely mirrors our high-conviction approach, though his 2019 step-back ma...

Concentration9Integrity8Rationality7

Ian Cumming & Joe Steinberg

Leucadia National (now Jefferies Financial Group)

7.1
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The original 'baby Berkshire' duo compiled a stellar 19% CAGR over 34 years through distressed, contrarian investing across diverse industries, but Leucadia no...

Philosophy8Concentration8Rationality8

David Tepper

Appaloosa Management

7.1
FOLLOW

One of the greatest hedge fund track records ever, probability-weighted framework aligns with floor price thinking, and now heavily positioned in AI/tech stocks...

Track Record10Rationality9Integrity7

Francisco Garcia Parames

Cobas Asset Management

7.1
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Spain's top deep value investor with a 21-year 15%+ track record at Bestinver, now running Cobas — strong philosophy alignment on downside protection but explic...

Integrity9Philosophy8Rationality8

Prem Watsa

Fairfax Financial Holdings

7.0
FOLLOW

The 'Warren Buffett of Canada' runs an insurance-float value investing model with strong long-term compounding, though a costly 13-year macro hedging error show...

Philosophy8Transparency8Relevance8

Henry Ellenbogen

Durable Capital Partners

7.0
WATCH

Elite growth stock picker (Morningstar Manager of the Year) running a concentrated $10.6B portfolio of durable growth compounders -- strong on quality and long-...

Rationality8Integrity8Track Record8

Gavin Baker

Atreides Management

7.0
FOLLOW

The most AI-aware traditional fund manager in public equities -- concentrated tech portfolio with strong returns, excellent AI industry commentary, but growth-o...

AGI Awareness9Concentration8Rationality8

Bill Ackman

Pershing Square Capital Management

7.0
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Highly concentrated activist investor evolving toward quality compounders; exceptional transparency but volatile track record with some ego-driven mistakes.

Concentration9Transparency9Integrity7

Bill Miller

Miller Value Partners

6.9
WATCH

Legendary contrarian with a 15-year S&P-beating streak and prescient Amazon/Bitcoin calls, but 2008's catastrophic losses from stubborn concentration in collaps...

Concentration9Rationality7Integrity7

Wally Weitz

Weitz Investment Management

6.8
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A quiet, steady Omaha-based Buffett-style value investor with a clean 40-year track record, moderate concentration, and notable willingness to own tech (Meta, A...

Rationality8Integrity8Philosophy7

Hamish Douglass

Magellan Financial Group

6.8
WATCH

Australian quality-growth investor who built a A$100B firm through concentrated bets on global platform companies, but whose departure and the Alibaba debacle h...

Concentration8Philosophy7Rationality7

John Neff

Vanguard Windsor Fund

6.8
WATCH

The 31-year contrarian value master whose low-P/E Total Return Ratio provides a useful screening tool, though his diversified mean-reversion approach differs fr...

Rationality9Integrity9Track Record9

David Herro

Harris Associates (Oakmark International Fund)

6.8
WATCH

Premier international value stock-picker with 30+ year track record but moderate concentration and limited AGI awareness.

Rationality8Integrity8Track Record8

Dennis Hong

ShawSpring Partners

6.8
WATCH

Ultra-concentrated 11-stock growth investor with Yale Endowment pedigree and strong alignment on concentration and long-term orientation, but limited track reco...

Concentration10Philosophy7Rationality7

Jake Rosser

Coho Capital Management

6.7
WATCH

Quality compounder investor with concentrated portfolio of wide-moat businesses; solid but limited public transparency.

Rationality8Philosophy7Concentration7

Joel Greenblatt

Gotham Capital / Gotham Asset Management

6.7
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Legendary early track record (40% for 20 years) with a concentrated special situations approach, but current systematic Magic Formula strategy with 500+ positio...

Rationality9Integrity9Transparency9

John Collison & Patrick Collison

Stripe (investor lens)

6.7
SKIP

Extraordinary builder-founders with exceptional integrity and long-term thinking, but they are operators not investors -- no followable portfolio, though Stripe...

Concentration9Rationality9Integrity9

Bruce Karsh

Oaktree Capital Management (co-founder)

6.7
WATCH

Philosophically the most aligned in this group — downside-first thinking mirrors our approach perfectly — but primarily a credit investor with opaque positionin...

Rationality9Integrity9Philosophy8

Andrew Brenton

Turtle Creek Asset Management

6.6
WATCH

Respected Canadian concentrated value manager with 26-year track record; risk-first philosophy aligns but limited public transparency.

Rationality8Integrity8Philosophy7

Leopold Aschenbrenner

Situational Awareness LP

6.6
FOLLOW

The most data-driven AGI bull in the world now runs a $5.5B hedge fund -- his 13F portfolio is a roadmap of AGI infrastructure plays (data centers, power, chips...

AGI Awareness10Rationality9Concentration8

David Einhorn

Greenlight Capital

6.5
WATCH

Brilliant forensic value investor with great transparency but long/short style, macro overlay, and painful 2015-2020 drought limit alignment with our concentrat...

Transparency9Rationality7Integrity7

Philippe Laffont

Coatue Management

6.5
FOLLOW

MIT-trained technologist running a $40B concentrated tech fund with the strongest AGI awareness in this group and genuine technical understanding of AI, making...

AGI Awareness9Concentration8Rationality7

Brad Gerstner

Altimeter Capital

6.5
WATCH

Concentrated tech investor with strong AI conviction and an activist edge, but growth-oriented approach with higher risk tolerance diverges from our downside-fi...

Concentration8AGI Awareness8Rationality7

Tobias Carlisle

Acquirers Funds

6.5
WATCH

Intellectually rigorous quantitative deep-value investor whose books and free screener tools are more valuable than his fund track record; strong philosophical...

Transparency9Rationality8Integrity8

Rajiv Jain

GQG Partners

6.5
WATCH

Elite global equity investor with outstanding track record and quality-first framework, but governance tolerance and high turnover reduce alignment.

Track Record9Rationality7Philosophy6

Loews Corporation (Tisch family)

Loews Corporation

6.5
WATCH

Conservative, high-integrity Tisch family conglomerate that buys assets below intrinsic value and returns capital through buybacks, but mid-single-digit returns...

Integrity8Philosophy7Concentration7

Walter Schloss

Walter & Edwin Schloss Associates

6.4
WATCH

The purest Graham disciple in history — 47 years of 15.3% annualized returns buying diversified baskets of cheap stocks with perfect integrity, but his statisti...

Integrity10Track Record9Rationality8

Julian Baker & Felix Baker

Baker Brothers Advisors

6.4
WATCH

Legendary biotech investors with extraordinary returns and deep scientific rigor, but SEC settlement and inherently speculative biotech focus limit alignment wi...

Concentration9Track Record9Rationality8

Andreas Halvorsen

Viking Global Investors

6.3
WATCH

Most disciplined Tiger Cub with excellent 25-year track record, strong risk management, and quality-focused approach, but long/short structure and moderate dive...

Integrity9Rationality8Track Record8

Egon Durban

Silver Lake

6.3
WATCH

The best technology PE investor alive with outstanding returns (Dell, Alibaba, Skype), crossover public market investments, and deep CEO relationships — the mos...

Track Record9Rationality8AGI Awareness7

Jake Taylor

Farnam Street Investments

6.3
WATCH

Thoughtful Buffett-tradition investor and excellent podcaster; strong on capital allocation thinking but limited public track record and moderate concentration;...

Rationality8Integrity8Philosophy7

Peter Lynch

Fidelity Magellan Fund

6.3
WATCH

The greatest mutual fund manager ever, whose 29% annual returns over 13 years were achieved through hyper-diversified GARP investing — brilliant but antithetica...

Integrity10Track Record10Transparency9

Robert Goldfarb

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (Sequoia Fund)

6.3
SKIP

Legendary Buffett-school value investor whose brilliant decades-long record was severely tarnished by the Valeant catastrophe; now retired with no current posit...

Concentration9Transparency9Philosophy8

David Swensen

Yale Endowment (deceased 2021)

6.3
WATCH

The greatest institutional investor in history who pioneered the endowment model -- his intellectual rigor and long-term orientation are inspiring, but his dive...

Rationality10Integrity10Track Record10

Harris Kupperman (Kuppy)

Praetorian Capital

6.2
WATCH

Colorful contrarian macro-thematic investor with excellent transparency through his blog and strong recent returns on shipping/uranium/inflation themes, but tra...

Transparency9Concentration7Rationality7

Anthony Bolton

Fidelity International (retired)

6.2
WATCH

Legendary UK contrarian value investor with a 28-year track record of ~19.5% annualized returns, now retired — philosophy is admirable but portfolio style is to...

Integrity9Rationality8Track Record8

Karthik Sarma

SRS Investment Management

6.2
WATCH

Runs one of the most concentrated major hedge funds in the world (95% in top 10) with a platform/consumer focus -- extreme concentration aligns with our philoso...

Concentration10Rationality7Integrity7

Todd Combs

Berkshire Hathaway

6.1
WATCH

Buffett lieutenant and GEICO CEO; mixed stock-picking record at Berkshire, more growth-willing than our philosophy, low transparency.

Integrity8Rationality7Philosophy6

Julian Robertson

Tiger Management (retired)

6.1
SKIP

Father of the hedge fund industry with admirable principles and integrity, but deceased since 2022 and his long/short, actively traded approach provides no acti...

Integrity9Rationality8Track Record7

John Griffin

Blue Ridge Capital (closed to outside investors)

6.1
SKIP

Elite Tiger Cub with outstanding track record but fund is closed to outsiders, limiting current relevance and transparency.

Rationality8Integrity8Track Record8

Tweedy Browne

Tweedy, Browne Company LLC

6.0
WATCH

Legendary 100-year-old Graham-tradition value firm with impeccable integrity and the 'What Has Worked in Investing' paper -- a valuable intellectual resource, b...

Integrity9Rationality8Transparency7

Dan Sundheim

D1 Capital Partners

6.0
WATCH

Elite Tiger Cub with deep fundamental research and strong analytical rigor, but hedge fund structure (long-short, leverage) and low transparency limit direct al...

Rationality8Integrity8Track Record7

Stephen Schwarzman

Blackstone Inc.

6.0
WATCH

Built the world's largest alternative asset manager with an exceptional real estate track record and massive AI/data center conviction, but his fee-extracting,...

Track Record9Rationality8AGI Awareness8

Will Danoff

Fidelity Contrafund

6.0
WATCH

Legendary long-tenured Contrafund manager with exceptional track record across 35 years, but broad diversification and GARP style limit alignment.

Track Record9Integrity8Rationality7

Cheah Cheng Hye

Value Partners Group

6.0
WATCH

Self-made 'Warren Buffett of Asia' with a 30+ year value investing track record in Greater China, but recent decade of underperformance reflects China's structu...

Integrity8Philosophy7Rationality7

Shuhei Abe

Sparx Group

6.0
WATCH

Pioneer of independent value investing in Japan with 35+ years of experience, vindicated by Japan's recent governance revolution — a thoughtful Buffett-influenc...

Integrity8Philosophy7Rationality7

Sam Zell

Equity Group Investments (deceased May 2023)

5.9
SKIP

Legendary contrarian real estate investor whose 'Grave Dancer' approach to buying distressed assets is philosophically instructive, but he is deceased, operated...

Rationality8Integrity7Track Record7

Teng Ngiek Lian

Target Asset Management

5.9
WATCH

Singapore-based concentrated value investor whose 10-20 stock portfolio and long-term philosophy closely mirror our approach, but extreme privacy makes it impos...

Philosophy9Concentration9Rationality8

Jean-Jacques Durand

Compagnie du Bois Sauvage

5.8
SKIP

Belgian permanent-capital holding company that operates like a mini-Berkshire with concentrated, patient, long-term positions — philosophically aligned but prac...

Concentration9Integrity8Philosophy7

Kerr Neilson

Platinum Asset Management

5.8
SKIP

Australian global contrarian value investor with a strong early track record but severe underperformance in the tech era, leading to the firm's effective demise...

Integrity8Rationality7Philosophy6

Bruce Berkowitz

Fairholme Capital Management

5.7
SKIP

Morningstar's Manager of the Decade (2000s) who then destroyed his track record with catastrophic concentrated bets in Sears and Fannie/Freddie — a cautionary t...

Concentration10Philosophy6Integrity6

Scott Malpass

Notre Dame Endowment (retired 2020)

5.7
SKIP

Legendary Notre Dame endowment CIO who grew $425M to $18B over 32 years with exceptional integrity, but his diversified institutional approach offers minimal di...

Integrity10Rationality9Track Record9

Orlando Bravo

Thoma Bravo

5.7
WATCH

The most successful software PE investor alive with top-decile returns and sector expertise directly relevant to our AGI thesis, but private, leveraged, and clo...

Track Record9Rationality8Concentration6

Cliff Asness

AQR Capital Management

5.7
WATCH

The most intellectually transparent quant investor alive — his research on value factors and behavioral biases is worth reading, but his diversified systematic...

Rationality9Integrity9Transparency9

Seth Alexander

MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo)

5.6
SKIP

Swensen-trained MIT endowment leader with outstanding returns driven by VC-heavy allocation, but extremely private and his institutional approach offers limited...

Rationality9Integrity9Track Record9

Robert Chicken

Beutel Goodman & Company

5.5
SKIP

Solid institutional Canadian value manager within a respected firm, but too diversified, team-based, and geographically narrow to offer actionable insights for...

Integrity8Philosophy7Rationality7

Jeff Smith

Starboard Value

5.5
WATCH

Best-in-class operational activist with exceptional research quality and the famous Darden Restaurants board takeover, but mid-cap fix-it focus and 1-3 year hor...

Rationality7Integrity7Track Record7

Chase Coleman

Tiger Global Management

5.5
WATCH

Brilliant tech stock picker with extreme concentration but growth-momentum philosophy and poor downside protection (52% loss in 2022) make him a useful idea sou...

Concentration8AGI Awareness8Integrity6

Dan Loeb

Third Point

5.4
WATCH

Sharp multi-strategy hedge fund operator with increasing tech/AI focus and strong long-term returns, but high turnover and hedge fund complexity make him more u...

Rationality7Track Record7Integrity6

George Soros

Soros Fund Management

5.4
SKIP

Perhaps the greatest macro trader in history with a brilliant intellectual framework, but his leveraged, short-term, macro-driven approach is fundamentally inco...

Rationality9Track Record9Integrity6

Leigh Goehring & Adam Rozencwajg

Goehring & Rozencwajg

5.4
WATCH

Deeply knowledgeable natural resource contrarians with excellent research output, but exclusive commodity focus and 50-70 position diversification limit relevan...

Transparency8Rationality7Integrity7

Nelson Peltz

Trian Fund Management

5.3
WATCH

Constructive operational activist with good transparency and integrity, but focus on old-economy fix-it situations with declining influence and no AGI awareness...

Transparency8Integrity7Rationality6

Chuck Royce

Royce Investment Partners (Royce Funds)

5.3
WATCH

The godfather of small-cap value investing with a solid philosophical framework on downside protection and quality, but extreme diversification and modest recen...

Integrity8Rationality7Philosophy6

Alex Sacerdote

Whale Rock Capital Management

5.3
WATCH

Concentrated tech growth investor with strong returns but momentum-oriented philosophy diverges from our downside-first approach.

Concentration7Integrity7Track Record7

John Arnold

Centaurus Advisors / Arnold Ventures (retired from investing)

5.3
SKIP

Brilliant natural gas trader who made billions through quantitative commodity trading, but retired in 2012 and his derivatives-focused approach has no applicabi...

Concentration9Rationality9Integrity8

Wong Kok Hoi

APS Asset Management

5.3
WATCH

Experienced Singapore-based contrarian investor with 44 years of China expertise and investigative research approach, but long/short strategy and low transparen...

Rationality7Integrity7Concentration6

Paul Singer

Elliott Management

5.3
WATCH

The most successful hedge fund in history with nearly 50 years of consistent returns, but the multi-strategy, low-transparency approach is fundamentally incompa...

Track Record9Rationality8Integrity7

John Overdeck & David Siegel

Two Sigma Investments

5.3
WATCH

The most AI-native quant firm with genuine AGI awareness through its ML-first approach and AI venture investments — intellectually interesting for AGI thesis va...

Rationality9AGI Awareness9Integrity8

Whitney Tilson

Kase Learning (formerly T2 Partners / Kase Capital)

5.2
SKIP

Honest and transparent about his hedge fund failures but poor track record, no longer managing money, and now primarily a financial educator/newsletter writer w...

Transparency9Integrity7Philosophy6

Larry Robbins

Glenview Capital Management

5.2
SKIP

Skilled healthcare hedge fund manager whose event-driven, long/short, policy-trading approach diverges significantly from our patient value philosophy.

Rationality7Integrity7Concentration6

Lee Ainslie

Maverick Capital

5.1
SKIP

Disciplined and principled long/short manager with 30+ year clean record, but diversified approach, modest returns, and lack of tech/AGI focus make him a poor f...

Integrity8Rationality7Track Record5

David Shaw

D.E. Shaw

5.1
SKIP

A brilliant computer scientist who built a hybrid quant-fundamental powerhouse — intellectually admirable but operationally irrelevant to our approach, with ins...

Rationality9Integrity8Track Record8

Michael Burry

Scion Asset Management

5.0
SKIP

Legendary for The Big Short but post-2008 career marked by high turnover, failed macro calls, AI skepticism, and near-zero transparency - antithetical to our pa...

Concentration8Integrity6Track Record6

Mark Mobius

Mobius Capital Partners (formerly Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets)

5.0
SKIP

Pioneering emerging markets investor with colorful career but inconsistent recent track record and low alignment with our concentrated value approach.

Transparency7Rationality6Integrity6

Jim Simons

Renaissance Technologies

5.0
SKIP

The greatest quantitative investor in history with an unreplicable computational edge — intellectually fascinating but completely irrelevant to our concentrated...

Rationality10Track Record10AGI Awareness8

Paul Tudor Jones

Tudor Investment Corp

4.9
SKIP

Legendary macro trader with outstanding capital preservation instincts and genuine philanthropic character, but his technical, macro, and derivatives-heavy appr...

Integrity8Rationality7Track Record7

Barry Sternlicht

Starwood Capital Group

4.9
SKIP

Skilled opportunistic real estate investor who excels at cycle timing and capital stack flexibility, but his leveraged, private-deal, fee-extracting fund model...

Rationality7Track Record7Integrity6

Kim Lew

Columbia Investment Management Company

4.8
SKIP

Principled Columbia endowment CEO with solid but not top-tier returns, whose diversified institutional approach and ESG focus offer limited applicability to our...

Integrity8Rationality7Track Record6

Kevin Tang

Tang Capital Management

4.8
SKIP

MD/MBA biotech activist with genuine scientific edge in micro-cap pharma, but the speculative, small-cap, activist-driven approach is incompatible with our pass...

Concentration7Rationality7Integrity7

Ray Dalio

Bridgewater Associates

4.8
SKIP

Brilliant macro thinker and systems builder, but his ultra-diversified, leveraged, all-weather approach is the antithesis of concentrated long-term value invest...

Rationality8Integrity7Track Record7

Jane Mendillo

Harvard Management Company (former CEO, 2008-2014)

4.8
SKIP

Competent Harvard endowment CEO who managed through the 2008 crisis with integrity but produced middling returns, and whose diversified institutional approach o...

Integrity8Rationality7Track Record5

Henry Kravis & George Roberts

KKR

4.8
SKIP

Legendary PE pioneer with strong institutional returns but antithetical to our philosophy — leveraged, diversified, fee-driven, and short-to-medium duration hol...

Rationality7Track Record7Transparency6

Ken Griffin

Citadel

4.7
SKIP

A brilliant hedge fund operator with an exceptional track record built on institutional infrastructure, multi-strategy diversification, and market-making domina...

Rationality9Track Record9Integrity6

Mario Gabelli

GAMCO Investors

4.7
SKIP

Legendary value investor with a sound PMV-with-catalyst framework, but extreme diversification, declining recent performance, and governance concerns make him a...

Rationality7Transparency7Philosophy5

Mark Cuban

Various (investor lens)

4.7
SKIP

Brilliant entrepreneur with strong AI awareness but a venture/diversified investor, not a concentrated value stock picker — wrong archetype for our approach.

AGI Awareness8Integrity7Rationality6

Leon Black

Apollo Global Management

4.6
SKIP

Brilliant distressed debt investor with an exceptional early track record, but the Epstein scandal, fee-extracting fund model, credit-focused strategy, and mini...

Track Record8Rationality7Philosophy4

Samuel Isaly

OrbiMed Advisors

4.5
SKIP

Pioneering healthcare-dedicated investment platform with $18B AUM but too diversified, event-driven, and institutional to align with our concentrated value appr...

Rationality7Integrity7Track Record6

Eddie Lampert

ESL Investments

4.5
SKIP

Once-brilliant concentrated value investor whose ego and conflicts of interest destroyed $10B+ at Sears -- an essential cautionary tale about concentration risk...

Concentration9Philosophy5Rationality4

David Bonderman

TPG Capital

4.5
SKIP

Brilliant contrarian PE dealmaker with a colorful legacy, but the leveraged, diversified, fee-driven model is fundamentally misaligned with our approach — and h...

Rationality7Track Record7Integrity5

V-Nee Yeh

Value Partners Group (co-founder)

4.5
SKIP

Value Partners co-founder who has largely stepped back from active investing to focus on philanthropy and governance — not a useful source of distinct investmen...

Integrity7Rationality6Philosophy5

T. Boone Pickens

BP Capital Management (deceased 2019)

4.3
SKIP

Legendary energy speculator and corporate raider whose leveraged, trading-oriented approach and volatile track record are antithetical to our long-term, downsid...

Concentration8Transparency6Rationality5

Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz

a16z (Andreessen Horowitz)

4.3
WATCH

The most AGI-aware institutional investor with unmatched technology trend insight, but operates in a completely different paradigm (VC, power-law, diversified,...

AGI Awareness9Track Record7Rationality6

Carl Icahn

Icahn Enterprises

4.3
SKIP

Legendary activist raider whose best days are behind him — leverage-heavy, event-driven approach with recent integrity issues and no AI awareness makes him irre...

Concentration8Rationality5Track Record5

David Winters

Wintergreen Advisers

4.3
SKIP

Mutual Series pedigree and principled governance activist (notably Coca-Cola), but Wintergreen Fund's sustained underperformance, high fees, and eventual closur...

Philosophy5Concentration5Rationality5

Kyle Bass

Hayman Capital Management

4.3
SKIP

Brilliant one-hit subprime trade followed by a decade of underperforming macro bets; derivative-heavy style is fundamentally incompatible with our approach.

Concentration7Transparency6Rationality5

Edouard Carmignac

Carmignac Gestion

4.2
SKIP

Pioneering French macro-driven flexible allocator with a strong pre-2010 record that faded — approach is too diversified, active, and macro-driven to be relevan...

Rationality6Integrity6Track Record5

John Paulson

Paulson & Co

4.1
SKIP

Made the greatest trade in history but gave it all back — a cautionary tale about one-hit wonders and the danger of straying from one's circle of competence.

Concentration6Integrity5Track Record5

Marc Lasry

Avenue Capital Group

4.0
SKIP

Solid distressed credit investor but entirely debt-focused with low transparency and minimal relevance to our equity-oriented, AGI-themed approach.

Rationality6Integrity6Track Record5

Wilbur Ross

WL Ross & Co

3.9
SKIP

Brilliant bankruptcy turnaround artist but serious integrity issues, retired, and no relevance to our long-term equity approach.

Concentration7Rationality6Track Record6

Cathie Wood

ARK Invest

3.8
SKIP

Highly transparent disruptive innovation investor whose speculative, momentum-driven approach with no downside discipline is antithetical to our floor-price, ma...

Transparency9AGI Awareness6Concentration5

Jim Rogers

Rogers Holdings

3.8
SKIP

Legendary early career with Soros but 40+ years of questionable public calls since; commodity/macro focus with zero AGI awareness makes him irrelevant to our ap...

Integrity6Transparency5Concentration4

Sardar Biglari

Biglari Holdings

3.8
SKIP

Self-styled Buffett imitator who copies the words but not the character -- massive self-enrichment through embedded hedge fund fees, poor returns, governance en...

Concentration7Philosophy4Rationality4

Michael Saylor

MicroStrategy / Strategy

3.7
SKIP

A single-asset, leveraged Bitcoin maximalist with a past accounting fraud settlement -- represents the antithesis of our value-oriented, downside-protection-fir...

Concentration10Transparency6Track Record5

Chamath Palihapitiya

Social Capital

3.6
SKIP

Brilliant operator-turned-SPAC-promoter whose gap between stated principles and actual behavior, combined with billions in investor losses across SPACs, makes h...

AGI Awareness7Rationality5Concentration4

Steve Cohen

Point72 Asset Management

3.4
SKIP

Exceptional raw returns tainted by systematic insider trading at SAC; short-term, hyper-diversified trading operation is the exact opposite of our concentrated...

Rationality7Track Record7AGI Awareness5

Howard Lutnick

Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Group

3.1
SKIP

Resilient operator who rebuilt Cantor Fitzgerald after 9/11, but primarily a financial services executive and deal-maker — not a portfolio investor — with Tethe...

Rationality5Track Record5Integrity4

Neil Woodford

Woodford Investment Management (collapsed)

2.4
SKIP

Once-great UK income investor whose reputation was destroyed by catastrophic style drift, liquidity mismatches, and integrity failures at his own firm — a cauti...

Concentration4Philosophy3Track Record3