Last summer, a group of commentators on CNBC's "Fast Money" declared that Warren Buffett was no longer the most-watched investor in the country.
That distinction, they said, had fallen to hedge fund manager John Paulson, who made billions in a bet against the subprime housing market a few years back, as detailed by Gregory Zuckerman's excellent book "The Greatest Trade Ever."
But Guru Focus users don't appear ready to pass the torch to Paulson. Buffett remains by far the most-watched guru investor by users of the site, racking up double the followers of his next-closest competitor and three times that of Paulson.
As the below chart shows, 151 GF users are following Buffett's stock moves, one more than double the number following Fairholme's Bruce Berkowitz. In addition to a stellar stock-picking record, Berkowitz likely got a boost from recently being named Morningstar's investment manager of the decade.
About half of the 67 investment stars that Guru Focus tracks had at least 10 followers as of late Saturday afternoon. Most of the leading managers are household names, at least in the value investing community, in many cases due to both their track record and the books they have published.
For example, George Soros ("Soros on Soros"), Mohnish Pabrai ("The Dhandho Investor") and Seth Klarman ("Margin of Safety," a rare book that is selling for as much as $1,100 on Amazon) all cracked the Top 10 perhaps in part to investors learning of their philosophies through their books.
But none of the gurus can hold a candle to Buffett as far as interest goes. Buffett's followers learned this past week that the Berkshire Hathaway chief (or Geico's Lou Simpson) was adding Walmart, Wells Fargo, Iron Mountain, Republic Services and Becton Dickinson stock to the firm's portfolio in the fourth quarter.
Without further ado, here is the list of the most-followed guru investors.
That distinction, they said, had fallen to hedge fund manager John Paulson, who made billions in a bet against the subprime housing market a few years back, as detailed by Gregory Zuckerman's excellent book "The Greatest Trade Ever."
But Guru Focus users don't appear ready to pass the torch to Paulson. Buffett remains by far the most-watched guru investor by users of the site, racking up double the followers of his next-closest competitor and three times that of Paulson.
As the below chart shows, 151 GF users are following Buffett's stock moves, one more than double the number following Fairholme's Bruce Berkowitz. In addition to a stellar stock-picking record, Berkowitz likely got a boost from recently being named Morningstar's investment manager of the decade.
About half of the 67 investment stars that Guru Focus tracks had at least 10 followers as of late Saturday afternoon. Most of the leading managers are household names, at least in the value investing community, in many cases due to both their track record and the books they have published.
For example, George Soros ("Soros on Soros"), Mohnish Pabrai ("The Dhandho Investor") and Seth Klarman ("Margin of Safety," a rare book that is selling for as much as $1,100 on Amazon) all cracked the Top 10 perhaps in part to investors learning of their philosophies through their books.
But none of the gurus can hold a candle to Buffett as far as interest goes. Buffett's followers learned this past week that the Berkshire Hathaway chief (or Geico's Lou Simpson) was adding Walmart, Wells Fargo, Iron Mountain, Republic Services and Becton Dickinson stock to the firm's portfolio in the fourth quarter.
Without further ado, here is the list of the most-followed guru investors.
