Michael Burry
Scion Asset Management · Founder · Net worth: ~$300M
The Big Short protagonist. Ex-physician turned hedge fund manager famous for shorting subprime in 2007.
Concentration profile
Highly concentrated
PLTRTop-5 zoneTop-10Michael's single largest bet is PLTR at 66.0% of tracked positions. Conviction-concentrated — the single largest position drives most of the book.
Recent moves
Every tracked 13F move — buys, adds, trims, and exits — over the last two quarters.
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| GOLD | Add 55% Adding to the Barrick Gold macro hedge. | 7.20% |
| BABA | Add 30% Doubling down again on the Alibaba contrarian bet. | 28.40% |
| JD | Add 18% More China tech. | 19.70% |
| SHEL | Reduce 30% Taking Shell profits. | 6.10% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| PLTR | Buy (new) | 66.00% |
| NVDA | Buy (new) | 13.50% |
| PFE | Buy (new) | 11.10% |
| HAL | Buy (new) | 4.50% |
| MOH | Buy (new) | 1.70% |
| SLM | Buy (new) | 1.00% |
| BABA | Add 40% Doubled the Alibaba bet. | 21.30% |
| JD | Add 25% Same China thesis, deeper discount. | 17.60% |
| GOLD | Buy (new) New Barrick Gold position — macro hedge. | 5.20% |
| UNH | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| REGN | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| META | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| EL | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| ASML | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| MELI | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BRKR | Reduce 81% | 1.00% |
| LULU | Reduce 78% | 1.30% |
| BIDU | Reduce 20% Reduced Baidu to fund BABA add. | 14.80% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| EL | Add 225% | 9.10% |
| UNH | Buy (new) | 20.00% |
| REGN | Buy (new) | 19.50% |
| LULU | Buy (new) | 18.50% |
| META | Buy (new) | 12.80% |
| ASML | Buy (new) | 3.50% |
| BRKR | Buy (new) | 1.80% |
| MELI | Buy (new) | 1.40% |
| BABA | Add 35% First major BABA add — 3 Q consecutive. | 15.20% |
| JD | Add 20% Building JD.com. | 14.10% |
| NVDA | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| PDD | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BAIDU | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| PDD | Add 167% | 11.90% |
| NVDA | Buy (new) | 49.00% |
| EL | Add 100% | 6.60% |
| JD | Add 33% | 8.30% |
| BABA | Buy (new) Burry re-entered BABA here. | 11.20% |
| MOH | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| HCA | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BRKR | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| OSCR | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BAIDU | Reduce 20% | 4.60% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| EL | Buy (new) | 9.70% |
| PDD | Buy (new) | 9.40% |
| HCA | Buy (new) | 5.80% |
| BRKR | Buy (new) | 5.70% |
| OSCR | Buy (new) | 3.50% |
| BABA | Add 30% BABA contrarian build accelerating. | 11.50% |
| JD | Add 25% JD.com add. | 10.80% |
| FOUR | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BAIDU | Reduce 40% | 13.60% |
| MOH | Reduce 17% | 9.40% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| BAIDU | Add 178% | 16.90% |
| FOUR | Add 50% | 10.20% |
| MOH | Add 22% | 8.00% |
| BABA | Buy (new) Burry's BABA re-entry. | 8.50% |
| JD | Buy (new) First JD.com position. | 7.60% |
| HPP | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| FOUR | Buy (new) | 14.00% |
| MOH | Buy (new) | 13.90% |
| HPP | Buy (new) | 10.50% |
| BAIDU | Add 88% | 12.40% |
| HCA | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| C | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BLOCK | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| PHYS | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| CVI | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BP | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| SEA | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| JD | Reduce 31% | 12.30% |
| BABA | Sell (exit) Briefly exited BABA before re-entering Q3. | — |
| Ticker | Activity | % portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| PHYS | Buy (new) | 7.40% |
| CVI | Buy (new) | 7.00% |
| BP | Buy (new) | 6.40% |
| BAIDU | Buy (new) | 4.10% |
| BLOCK | Add 80% | 7.40% |
| HCA | Add 25% | 8.10% |
| C | Add 25% | 7.60% |
| SEA | Add 14% | 5.80% |
| BABA | Buy (new) First BABA contrarian position. | 6.00% |
| JD | Buy (new) First JD position. | 5.50% |
| ORCL | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| CVS | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| GOOGL | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| AMZN | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BKNG | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| MKTX | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| BRKR | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
| TOAST | Sell (exit) | 0.00% |
Michael's sector breakdown
How the top 7 positions are diversified across 2 sectors. Weighted by stated portfolio percentage.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Company | % Portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| PLTR | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 66.0% |
 NVDA | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.5% |
 PFE | PFIZER INC | 11.1% |
 HAL | HALLIBURTON CO | 4.5% |
 MOH | MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | 1.7% |
 LULU | LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC | 1.3% |
 SLM | SLM CORP | 1.0% |
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Want Michael move-alerts?
One email per 13F filing. Summarizes every new position, exit, and trim.
Similar investors
Tracked managers whose top positions overlap with Michael's portfolio.
What Michael Burry did, quarter by quarter
Full move-by-move breakdown for each of the last 8 filed quarters.
Data sourced from Scion Asset Management 13F filings with the SEC. Approximate snapshot. Not investment advice.