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☆ Ron Baron, big Tesla shareholder, supports Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron, longtime Tesla bull and shareholder, wrote an open letter in support of CEO Elon Musk's controversial $56 billion pay package. The pay package, proposed by Tesla's board of directors, has repeatedly come under fire for its close ties with Musk. If passed, it would be the largest pay package for a CEO in corporate America. "I'm voting for the pay package," Baron said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Wednesday. In January, Judge Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware's Court of Chancery voided the original pay package.

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☆ Ron Baron says he can't put a top on how much money Tesla will make him because of robotics future
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ron Baron, a longtime Tesla champion, believes the electric vehicle's robotics business will be hugely profitable and it's not yet priced in the stock. Tesla is in the middle of developing autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots with CEO Elon Musk 's vision to make his firm "a leader in AI & robotics." "We're going to get charged every year for software, for using your robot, it's going to keep getting better and better and better," Baron said. Robotics, you're going to be a really big deal for Tesla. Tesla is the biggest holding in Baron's oldest and biggest fund, Baron Partners Fund (BPTIX), accounting for nearly 30% of the portfolio.

Persons: Ron Baron, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Baron Organizations: Baron Capital, EV, Robotics, Tesla, Baron Partners Fund Locations: Baron's

☆ Investor Ron Baron says Tesla is at a bottom and the stock will 'go up huge' from here
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Yun Li | Adam Jeffery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron, a longtime Tesla bull, believes Elon Musk's electric vehicle manufacturer has hit a bottom. What they are doing is going into robotaxis and going to make the low-cost cars," Baron said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday. Tesla is the biggest holding in Baron's oldest and biggest fund, Baron Partners Fund (BPTIX), accounting for more than 30% of the portfolio. The fund is down more than 17% this year amid a 35% decline in Tesla shares. TSLA 1Y mountain Tesla shares over past 12 months.

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☆ Billionaire investor Ron Baron says Tesla stock has bottomed out and will 'go up huge' on the promise of more affordable vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron told CNBC that Tesla is "going to go up huge." The stock has reached bottom after investors were unsure if the firm was scrapping plans for a low-cost model. "Oh, it's going to go up huge," he told CNBC on Wednesday. He also cited that Tesla could make a profit by eventually selling its full-self driving technology to other carmakers. Previously, Baron disclosed that he has made nearly 20 times its Tesla investment since buying the stock a decade prior.

Persons: Ron Baron, Tesla, Baron, —, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: CNBC, Service, Baron Capital, Baron Partners Fund

☆ Ron Baron's firm has had 31 different stocks deliver 1,000% returns over the last 40 years. He shares why he's now placing massive bets on 2 companies.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Baron, who founded Baron Funds in 1982, says he's found success over the years by taking a long-only approach and refusing to sell shares of companies he believes in. And over the last 10 years, both the Baron Partners Fund (BPTRX) and the Baron Focused Growth Fund (BFGFX) have beaten 99% of similar funds, according to Morningstar. Baron co-manages both funds, with his son Michael co-managing the Partners Fund and his son David co-managing the Focused Growth Fund. SpaceX is not publicly traded, but funds like the ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (ARKX) and the two Baron funds mentioned above offer exposure to it. For SpaceX, Baron told CNBC he believes the company will go public around 2027, and that it will double in price many times over.

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☆ Here's why Ron Baron is sticking with Tesla and Elon Musk: 'He's the lowest cost person'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron is standing by his massive Tesla investment as well as Elon Musk's leadership for his cost-consciousness. The Baron Capital chairman and CEO has been known as a longtime bull in Tesla , a stock with a 46% weighting in the Baron Partners Fund (BPTIX). The investor previously revealed his firm made over 15 times its investment in Tesla since he first bought the EV stock in 2014. Baron thinks Tesla will be worth four-to-five times more by 2030 , and it will become the largest company in the world in 10 years. "Think about it as a technology company is providing services to their own company and to others.

Persons: Ron Baron, Baron, Tesla, They've, Ford Organizations: Elon, Baron Capital, Baron Partners Fund Locations: Tesla

☆ 4 stocks that a trio of the world's best money managers are placing massive bets on — plus 4 investing philosophies and strategies that fuel their success
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Have a concentrated portfolioHaving a concentrated portfolio means investing in a relatively small number of stocks as opposed to a larger number for the sake of diversity. Buy quality stocksSucceeding with a concentrated portfolio relies on one thing: buying quality stocks. A quality stock is a company that's able to consistently post profits and returns on capital. Apple and Alphabet would be considered consensus quality stocks, and Munger is well known for his fondness of shares of Coca-Cola, another stock traditionally classified as quality. Buy stocks with good management teamsOne element of a company that makes it "quality" is its management team.

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☆ Fed-up employees might threaten to quit if changes aren't made to their job, but 'thruitting' often does more harm than good
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

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☆ The Baron Partners Fund crushed 99% of its peers over the last 15 years while beating the Nasdaq by over 300%. 6 stocks they're betting on for the long-term — and 3 qualities they look for in companie
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That puts the Baron fund in the top 1% of similar funds, according to Morningstar data. 6 stocks Baron is betting onThe first is electric-vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA), one of the star performers of the market being up 135% year-to-date. For example, its 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio is 58.48, and its PEG ratio is 2.24. Arch Capital has a fairly low 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio of 11.82, but no PEG ratio is available. The firm's PEG ratio is 2.13.

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☆ Ron Baron stands by Tesla, sees the EV maker 4-5 times bigger in 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron is standing by his bullish thesis on Tesla , seeing the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker growing as much as fivefold in the future. The Baron Capital chairman and CEO revealed that his firm has made about 20 times its investment in Tesla since he first bought the stock in 2014. Tesla is the biggest holding in Baron's oldest and biggest fund, Baron Partners Fund (BPTIX), accounting for 46% of the portfolio. "I think Tesla in the next seven years will be about four or five times as big as it is right now in the stock market," Baron said Wednesday on CNBC's " Squawk Box ." Baron Capital managed about $40 billion at the end of 2022.

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☆ Ron Baron has a rare long-term record of beating the market. Here's how he did it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron is one rare active manager that has been outperforming the market since the 1980s, thanks to his eye for long-term growth. The 80-year-old investor founded Baron Capital in 1982, and 16 of his 19 mutual funds representing 98.8% of the firm's asset under management have beaten their benchmark since their inception dates. Similarly, Baron Capital considers stocks as representing part ownership of publicly traded businesses. The Baron Capital chairman and CEO has been known as a longtime bull in Tesla , a stock with a 46% weighting in the Partners fund. Baron Capital managed about $40 billion at the end of 2022.

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☆ Ron Baron, who runs one of the best-performing funds, says Tesla could hit $1,500 a share by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Longtime investor Ron Baron said he's standing by his growth darlings, unfazed by the volatility in the stock market, especially in the tech sector. "I'm not really worried about the stock market," Baron said on CNBC's " Squawk Box " Tuesday. Elon Musk's Tesla has a 30% portfolio weighting in Baron's fund, the biggest holding in the portfolio. Last year, he revealed that this biggest purchases of 2022 included $100 million worth of SpaceX private investments. "It used to cost you $100 million to get to space, $200 million more for a satellite.

☆ Ron Baron, who runs one of the best-performing funds, says Tesla could hit $15,000 a share by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Longtime investor Ron Baron said he's standing by his growth darlings, unfazed by the volatility in the stock market, especially in the tech sector. "I'm not really worried about the stock market," Baron said on CNBC's " Squawk Box " Tuesday. I'm thinking $15,000 a share by 2030," Baron said. Last year, he revealed that this biggest purchases of 2022 included $100 million worth of SpaceX private investments. "It used to cost you $100 million to get to space, $200 million more for a satellite.

☆ Ron Baron runs the best mutual fund of the last five years — Here are his top picks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Longtime investor Ron Baron's mutual fund has been the the biggest winner over the last five years as his top growth picks reaped outsized returns. The fund is focused on U.S. companies of any size with significant growth potential. The top holding of the fund by far is Elon Musk 's Tesla, with a 52% portfolio weighting at the end of the third quarter. Baron has been a longtime bull in Tesla . A relatively new holding Baron bought in 2019 is Iridium Communications , a long-time provider of satellite communications to specialized phones.

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