Seth A. Klarman
Born in 1957
Seth A. Klarman is a renowned American hedge fund manager and value investor.
He founded the Baupost Group, a highly successful Boston-based investment firm.
Klarman gained widespread recognition for his book on value investing, which became a sought-after classic despite being out of print.
Born into a Jewish family in Baltimore, Klarman's father was a public health economist and his mother an English teacher.
He graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
Klarman's investment philosophy emphasizes capital preservation and finding undervalued opportunities, often in distressed or complex situations.
