Michael Burry

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Michael Burry is an American investor and hedge fund manager best known for predicting and profiting from the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis.

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instanceOf human
investor
physician
value investor
activeInPeriod early 2000s
subprime mortgage crisis era
basedIn California, United States
surface form: California
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of California, Los Angeles
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine NERFINISHED
familyName Burry NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork finance
medicine
value investing
founded Scion Capital NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Michael
hasBlog value investing blog on MSN Money (historical)
hasCondition Asperger syndrome NERFINISHED
hasMedicalSpecialty neurology
pathology
inspiredWork book "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis NERFINISHED
film "The Big Short" NERFINISHED
investmentFocus special situations
undervalued companies
investmentStrategy shorting subprime mortgage-backed securities
value investing
knownFor contrarian investing
early identification of the subprime mortgage bubble
running a concentrated investment portfolio
languageSpoken English
name Michael Burry NERFINISHED
notableEvent profited during the 2007–2008 financial crisis through short positions on subprime mortgages
notableFor profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis
notableWork prediction of the U.S. housing market collapse before the 2008 financial crisis
occupation hedge fund manager
investor
physician
portrayedBy Christian Bale NERFINISHED
portrayedIn The Big Short NERFINISHED
positionHeld founder of Scion Capital
hedge fund manager at Scion Capital
residence United States of America
surface form: United States
usedInstrument credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds

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The Big Short mainCharacter Michael Burry