Portrait of Seth Klarman

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Seth Klarman

Net worth $1.5B

Investments · United States

Born
May 01, 1957
Age
69
Source
Investments
Residence
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Cornell University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Seth Klarman runs Boston-based hedge fund Baupost, which has $27.4 billion under management as of March 2023.
  • Klarman's book "Margin of Safety," a cult classic among value investors, sells for about $1,700 on Amazon.
  • Once a major donor to the Republican Party, Klarman publicly denounced Trump in 2016, and has been contributing to the Democratic Party.
  • In 2017, Klarman's horse, Cloud Computing, won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, the racetrack he grew up next to in Baltimore.
  • Klarman, whose philanthropic efforts focus on scientific research and promoting access to music learning, is also a major supporter of causes in Israel.