Whitney Tilson
Whitney Tilson is a famed investor, Wall Street legend, former hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the Editor and Lead Analyst for Stansberry Investment Advisory, Stanberry Research’s flagship advisory where he provides advice, commentary and in-depth research and analysis to help people become better investors. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Empire Financial Research and Kase Capital Management, which managed three value-oriented hedge funds and two mutual funds, with assets that peaked at over $200 million. He is also a highly-reputable philanthropist involved with a number of charities focused on education reform and Africa. In November 2024, Tilson entered the race for New York City Mayor for the Democrats. Bill Ackman, Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, recently supported his mayoral bid.
WALL STREET TRACK RECORD
Tilson is a well-known educator and practitioner of value investing.
He foresaw the housing bubble burst, the collapse of dot.com, and the 2009 stock market bottom.
He predicted the precise hour when marijuana stock prices peaked as well as the day that bitcoin peaked in 2017.
He purchased Netflix at a price of $7.78 per share. Since then, it has increased by 6,300%. Apple at $1.42 a share (up more than 35,000%), and Amazon at $48 a share (up more than 6,400%).
Tilson is a major Democratic donor and political activist. In 2024, he entered the mayoral race to replace New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
He said the city needs "a businessperson not a career politician" to shake up city government.
He pledges to cut violent crime in half, rein in spending, address the high cost of living and improve public schools.
Bill Ackman, Founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, recently supported Tilson for his Mayoral bid.
EARLY CAREER
Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for-profit private equity fund focused on minority-owned and inner-city businesses that has raised nearly $500 million.
He spent five years working with HBS Professor Michael Porter studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner-city-based companies nationwide.
He and Professor Porter founded the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, of which Mr. Tilson was Executive Director.
Before business school, he spent two years as a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.
He has served on the boards of Pershing Square Foundation and KIPP Academy South Bronx.
PUBLICATIONS
Tilson is the co-author of The Art of Value Investing and More Mortgage Meltdown.
He was a contributing author to “Poor Charlie’s Almanack,” the definitive book on Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger.
He has written for Forbes, Financial Times, Kiplinger, The Motley Fool, and TheStreet.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Tilson was featured in two 60 Minutes segments about the housing crisis and the Lumber Liquidators.
He has also appeared numerous times on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, and was on the cover of the July 2007 Kiplinger's.
He has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and has spoken widely on value investing and behavioral finance.