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Michael Burry has a new short-selling partner. Who is Lakshmi Ganapathi?

Reported by Opalesque
Oct 11, 2026· 1 min read
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Key Takeaways
  • • Michael Burry, the investor known for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, has joined Minerva Investment Management as a senior adviser.
  • • Burry is working with Lakshmi Ganapathi, founder of Unicus Research, on the launch of a short-biased investment fund.
  • • Unicus Research was established by Ganapathi in 2020.
Summary
Michael Burry, the investor known for predicting the 2008 financial crisis, has joined Minerva Investment Management as a senior adviser, according to the publisher summary. In that role he is working with Lakshmi Ganapathi, founder of Unicus Research, on the launch of a short-biased investment fund.

Ganapathi established Unicus Research in 2020. The available source material does not provide details on the fund's size, target strategy, fee structure, or launch timing, and those terms should be confirmed with the parties involved before any allocation decision.

The partnership pairs Burry's public record of identifying the 2008 mortgage-market collapse with Ganapathi's independent research platform, and it brings a short-biased strategy to Minerva's adviser bench.

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Opalesque Michael Burry has a new short-selling partner. Who is Lakshmi Ganapathi?