Michael Burry | |
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Born | Michael James Burry June 19, 1971 San Jose, California, U.S.[1] |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Vanderbilt University (MD) |
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Known for | Shorting the 2007 mortgage bond market by swapping collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) Founding and managing Scion Asset Management |
Michael James Burry (/ˈbɜːri/; born June 19, 1971)[2] is an American investor and hedge fund manager. He founded the hedge fund Scion Capital, which he ran from 2000 until 2008 before closing it to focus on his personal investments. He is best known for being among the first investors to predict and profit from the subprime mortgage crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010.