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Longleaf Partners, managed by Southeastern Asset Management, released its “Small-Cap Fund” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here.
Southeastern Asset Management is an American employee-owned global investment management firm founded in 1975 by Mason Hawkins. The firm is the investment advisor to the Longleaf Partners Funds, a suite of mutual and UCITS funds.
Mason Hawkins earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Florida in 1970 and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1971. He began his career as Director of Research at Atlantic National Bank in 1973, then held the same position at First Tennessee Investment Management until 1975. That year, Hawkins, along with three partners, founded Southeastern. Two partners left the firm in the 1980s. Since 1989, Hawkins has also served as co-portfolio manager of the Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund, named after the durable longleaf pine tree associated with his family's lumber business.
Southeastern Asset Management is a hedge fund with 47 clients and discretionary assets under management (AUM) of $5,271,901,660 as of March 2024. Their last reported 13F filing for Q1 2024 listed $2,602,728,386 in managed 13F securities with a top 10 holdings concentration of 53.9%. The largest holding is CNX Resources Corporation, with 9,053,945 shares held.
