Investor profile

Lee Ainslie

Maverick Capital · Founder · Net worth: ~$1B

Founded Maverick Capital in 1993. Yet another Tiger Cub — Ainslie worked under Julian Robertson before striking out. Known for a collaborative research culture and disciplined risk management.

"Long-short equity, deep fundamental, team-based research."

Tracked positions

Top concentration

17%

Longest holding

Microsoft (since 2016)

Realized 10-year track record

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10y CAGR

4.0%

net of fees

Alpha vs S&P

-9.2%

vs 13.1% benchmark

Win rate

20%

years beating S&P

Quality score

1.0

computed 0–10

Best year

+22%

Worst year

-32%

Cumulative 10y

1.5×

Volatility

16%

Recent moves

Manager quality score: 8/10

Every tracked 13F move — buys, adds, trims, and exits — over the last two quarters.

Q4 2025

2 buys · 0 sells

Ticker	Activity	Share change	% portfolio
META	Add 50% Big META add — conviction build.	+777K	2.93%
NFLX	Add 35% Adding Netflix.	+180K	3.40%

Q3 2025

1 buy · 0 sells

Ticker	Activity	Share change	% portfolio
MSFT	Add 40% Maverick MSFT add.	+250K	3.80%

Q2 2025

1 buy · 0 sells

Ticker	Activity	Share change	% portfolio
META	Add 20% Starting to build META conviction — 3 Q chain.	+290K	2.10%

Q1 2025

1 buy · 0 sells

Ticker	Activity	Share change	% portfolio
META	Buy (new) Maverick first entered META here.	+210K	1.60%

Top holdings

Ticker	Company	% Portfolio	Shares (M)
META	Meta Platforms Added aggressively in Q4 — 776k share add.	2.9%	1.7
NFLX	Netflix Streaming profitability turn.	3.4%	0.4
MSFT	Microsoft Long-held compounder.	3.8%	0.9
GOOGL	Alphabet Class A Search + AI.	4.2%	1.5
NVDA	NVIDIA AI infrastructure.	3.1%	0.5

Want Lee move-alerts?

One email per 13F filing. Summarizes every new position, exit, and trim.

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Data sourced from Maverick Capital 13F filings with the SEC. Approximate snapshot. Not investment advice.