Maverick Capital: Platform Profile

Overview

Maverick Capital is a research-driven investment manager founded in 1993 by Lee Ainslie. The firm began with a single long/short equity fund and now spans hedged public equities, long strategies, venture capital and a semiconductor-focused private platform.

Its current public site provides unusually clear exposure profiles for the public-equity business.

May fit better for

• investors seeking fundamental global long/short equities;
• allocators interested in multiple net-exposure profiles from one stock-selection process;
• investors seeking a platform spanning public and private markets;
• qualified investors able to evaluate private-fund eligibility;
• users comfortable with short selling and leverage in applicable strategies.

May fit less well for

• retail users seeking public self-service hedge-fund access;
• investors assuming all Maverick strategies use the same gross/net exposure;
• users treating 13F long holdings as the complete hedged portfolio;
• investors who interpret capital-preservation objectives as guarantees;
• users expecting one fund minimum or fee schedule.

Maverick was founded in 1993

First-party disclosures show:

• Founded: 1993
• Founder: Lee Ainslie
• First fund style: long/short equity
• First private investment: 1994
• Dedicated private platform formalized: 2004
• Quantitative research effort established: 2006
• Maverick Ventures launched: 2015
• Maverick Silicon launched: 2024

Public AUM is $15B+ as of June 30, 2026

Current first-party site:

• Public AUM: $15B+
• Public AUM as of: 2026-06-30
• Investor relationships: 500+
• Investors with 10plus years tenure: 58%
• Partner employee capital: >25%

These are public firm metrics, not fund-by-fund terms.

Current regulatory AUM is $15.846B

Latest Form-ADV-derived filing data:

• Regulatory AUM: $15.846B
• Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-08-24
• Client accounts: 19
• Discretionary AUM: $15.846B

The values are close but use different dates and definitions.

Public-equity platform offers five exposure profiles

Current first-party public-equity page:

• Hedged Equity: Yes
• Levered: Yes
• Market Neutral: Yes
• Long: Yes
• Long Enhanced: Yes
• Market Neutral target net exposure: 0%
• Long target long exposure: 100%
• Long Enhanced target: 130% long / 30% short
• Levered relative exposure: generally about twice hedged strategy exposure

These are strategy targets/descriptions, not guaranteed realized exposures.

Q2 2026 13F value is $11.321B

Current SEC filing:

• Q2 2026 13F value: $11.321B
• Q2 2026 13F as of: 2026-06-30
• Q2 2026 13F entry count: 179

A long-only 13F cannot show Maverick's short book and does not fully represent private investments.

Private-fund gross assets exceed regulatory AUM

Latest Form-ADV-derived filing summary:

• Private fund count: 37
• Private fund gross assets: $20.5B
• Hedge fund gross assets: $17.3B
• Private equity fund gross assets: $1.5B
• Venture capital fund gross assets: $1.1B
• Other private fund gross assets: $640.1M

Master-feeder structures and gross-asset methodology can produce aggregate fund GAV above RAUM.

Private-fund access is qualified-investor oriented

Current investor portal states:

• Registered investment adviser: Yes
• Private investment funds exclusively for qualified investors: Yes
• Investor login required: Yes

The public site also warns that Maverick does not solicit investments through social media or messaging apps.

Assessment

Maverick's public AUM and regulatory AUM are numerically close, but the private-fund gross-asset total is materially larger and the 13F is smaller.

The public-equity strategy architecture also makes clear why a long-stock filing cannot reconstruct the hedged portfolio.