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Michael Burry (born 1971)〔Zuckerman, G: 'The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against The Markets and Made $20 Billion'〕 is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder of the Scion Capital LLC hedge fund that he ran from 2000 until 2008, and he then closed the fund to focus on his own personal investments. Burry was one of the first investors in the world to recognize and invest in the impending subprime mortgage crisis. Author Michael Lewis profiled him in his 2010 book ''The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine'', and he was featured in Gregory Zuckerman's 2009 book ''The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against The Markets and Made $20 Billion''. Kip Oberting, of KVO Capital Management, has described Burry as "a risk-avoider".〔(Profiling "The Big Short's" Michael Burry ) ''Zero Hedge'', Tyler Durden, 07/20/2011. Retrieved 07/20/2011〕 ==Biography== Burry has described his "natural state" as an outsider who "just likes to find my own ideas", saying, "no matter what group I'm in or where I am, I've always felt like I'm outside the group, and I've always been analyzing the group".〔 Burry attended University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) for his undergraduate education in economics with pre-med, graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine〔Michael Lewis, ("Betting on the Blind Side," ), ''Vanity Fair'', April 2010.〕 and did his residency in neurology at Stanford Hospital and Clinics.〔Michael Lewis. ''The Big Short'', W. W. Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-07223-5〕 While off duty at night, he worked on his lifelong hobby, which was an interest in financial investments.〔 On one occasion, Burry had been working so hard, studying both for medical school and also his financial interests, that during a complicated surgery he fell asleep standing up, and crashed into the oxygen tent that had been built around the patient and was then thrown out of the operating room by the lead surgeon.〔 He quit the medical profession in 2000 and started an investment company called Scion Capital, which would eventually make millions for investors initially by investing in undervalued stocks, and later betting heavily against subprime mortgages in advance of the 2008 financial crisis. Burry shut down the firm in 2008 due to personal and professional reasons, returning its capital to investors.〔 As of 2012 he was managing his own investments, which included almond farms in California, "a fancy way to essentially invest long-term in water." Michael Lewis said, "they require a lot of water to grow and he’s got a very complicated argument about why these almond farms are a good idea, so I trust him." 〔(Interview with Michael Lewis ). Transcript of interview with Michael Lewis, included in the Audio version of ''The Big Short''.〕 Burry is married with children and lives in California.〔 His son was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, and Burry believed he himself has the disorder after reading a book about it.〔〔("Author Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Delusion," ) ''60 Minutes'', March 14, 2010.〕〔 Burry will be portrayed by Academy Award-winning British actor Christian Bale in the upcoming biographical drama film ''The Big Short'', directed by Adam McKay. The film will also star Brad Pitt as Ben Hockett, Ryan Gosling as Greg Lippmann and Steve Carell as Steve Eisman, and is due for release in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Burry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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