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Whitney Tilson

An investor, writer/author, and philanthropist, Whitney Tilson is a very modest value investor. He launched T2 Partners with Glenn Tongue in 1999. T2 Partners returned 177.1 percent cumulative since inception, vs. S&P 500's 36.4 percent return. His best bets are Howard Hughes Corp, 31.8 percent; Microsoft, 14.8 percent; Dell, 10 percent.