Quick Info
| Profession | Investor, hedge fund manager, physician |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 19/06/1971 |
| Age | 54 years |
| Birthplace | San Jose, California |
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Personal Life
| Lost left eye | Age 2, retinoblastoma, replaced by prosthesis |
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| Asperger syndrome | Self-realized |
Career
| Scion Capital | Founded 2000, closed 2008, predicted subprime crisis, profited $700M+ for investors |
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| Scion Asset Management | Reopened 2013, focused on water, gold, farmland; shut down November 2025 |
| Notable bets | Short Tesla 2020, $1.6B market crash bet 2023 |
| Portrayed in | The Big Short (2015) by Christian Bale |
| Recent | Launched Cassandra Unchained Substack, 23/11/2025 |
Favourites
| Novel | The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Left medicine for investing despite being licensed physician | |
| 2. Outperformed S&P 500 early, e.g., 55% return in 2001 vs -11% S&P | |
| 3. Contrarian value investor, rigorous fundamental analysis | |
| 4. Avoided dot-com bubble by shorting tech stocks |