5 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Seth Klarman

2. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Baupost Group’s Stake: $490 Million

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has featured in the 13F portfolio of Baupost Group since the middle of 2022. However, the fund has not held onto this holding for the long-term. The 13F filings for the fourth quarter of 2025 show that the fund has purchased a stake in the company comprising over 2 million shares. This is the second-largest holding in the portfolio. Amazon has made a comeback in the Baupost portfolio after a gap of more than two years. Previously, Baupost had held under 1 million shares of Amazon at the end of 2022. The latest buzz around Amazon founder Jeff Bezos might explain Klarman’s sudden interest in the stock.

According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos is in the process of raising $100 billion for a new fund intended to buy up manufacturing and industrial businesses and then upgrade them with artificial intelligence tools. Per the report, the fund is intended to be a manufacturing transformation vehicle. It will buy companies involved in chipmaking, defense, and aerospace.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, fire tablets, fire TVs, echo, ring, blink, and eero, and develops and produces media content.