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A fact from Michael Burry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 April 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in less than eight years, Michael Burry's hedge fund company returned 489.34% to investors, while the Standard and Poor 500 realized just over 2% over the same period?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/April.

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Why no mention of Warren Buffett, who according to The Big Short (or at least to today's interview w/ the author) invested in his earlier, relatively conventional investment firm?
--Jerzy•t 18:34, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This part where the performance of his fund vs the S&P is described is word by word plagiarism from "The Big Short" ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.251.119.0 (talk) 16:54, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Details and should he have a wiki bio?

I posted on the main board if someone could change tone and clean up the article.

I'm not sure If this is worth of a wiki bio anymore. He seems to be living a private life after making a profitable bet in the stock market a few years ago and has since closed the fund and kept to himself. Other than this, I cant find any reliable sources about his life story. --Cohen2011 (talk) 20:30, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-07/michael-burry-predictor-of-mortgage-collapse-bets-on-farmland-and-gold.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.227.70 (talk) 14:13, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/72756316/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.227.70 (talk) 14:15, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is your point? Living a private life does not make him insignificant. He is VERY significant, historically, and of course should be profiled on Wikipedia. Plenty of public figures would rather they never get profiled here, noted by their lack of photos. Nonetheless, this is not about "private lives." It's about history.

Agreed. If it wasnt because of the book 'The Big Short', I dont think this page would even exist. People like him should be more well known. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.25.178.4 (talk) 07:21, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good for him. I wish I was in the markets and could have seen the crash coming, I would have given him my money to invest.

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	Agreed. If it wasnt because of the book 'The Big Short', I dont think this page would even exist. People like him should be more well known. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/211.25.178.4\|211.25.178.4]] ([[User talk:211.25.178.4\|talk]]) 07:21, 25 February 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->		Agreed. If it wasnt because of the book 'The Big Short', I dont think this page would even exist. People like him should be more well known. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/211.25.178.4\|211.25.178.4]] ([[User talk:211.25.178.4\|talk]]) 07:21, 25 February 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			Good for him. I wish I was in the markets and could have seen the crash coming, I would have given him my money to invest.