Shelby Davis — Part One: An Unknown Great

Rupert Hargreaves

Published onMarch 16, 2015

Updated on May 13, 2021

This is the first of a multi-part series on Shelby Cullom Davis, value investor, philanthropist and founder of Davis Selected Advisers.

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Shelby Davis -- Part one: An unknown great

Like the majority of the great value investors, Shelby Davis is relatively unknown outside value circles. But his performance over the years is as good as, if not better than many of the Superinvestors of Graham & Doddsville.

Just like Warren Buffett, Shelby Davis’ area of expertise was insurance, and this is where he built his fortune. By the early 1950’s, Davis had become a millionaire by investing in insurance stocks at low multiples. This...

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Rupert Hargreaves

Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for Hedge Fund Alpha

Shelby Davis — Part One: An Unknown Great

Shelby Davis -- Part one: An unknown great

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