Guy Selmar Spier | |
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Born | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | February 4, 1966
Nationality | Swiss, German, Israeli |
Education | British School, Teheran, Iran City of London Freemen's School, Ashtead, Surrey, UK |
Alma mater | Oxford University Harvard Business School Heidelberg University |
Occupation(s) | Investor, Aquamarine Fund, Author, Podcaster |
Spouse | Lory Spier (m. 2003) |
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Website | www.guyspier.com |
Guy Spier (born February 4, 1966) is a Zurich-based investor. He is the author of The Education of a Value Investor.[1] Spier is the manager of the Aquamarine Fund with $350 million in assets.[2] He is well known for bidding US$650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett in 2008.[3] In 2009, he was featured in The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande regarding his use of checklists as part of his investment process.[4] He is the brother of Tanya de Jager and the grandson of Selmar Spier, the German-Israeli jurist, historian, foreign correspondent and farmer.