Co-founder of Sound Shore Management in Greenwich, Connecticut — a value investor active since 1978.
Life story
Harry Burn III is a co-founder of Sound Shore Management. He graduated from the University of Virginia and earned an MBA from its Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business; he is a CFA charterholder. Little public information is available about his childhood and family.
How they got started
Before starting the firm, Burn worked at Chase Investment Counsel. In 1978 he co-founded Sound Shore Management with Theodore "Gibbs" Kane; it is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Sound Shore manages separate accounts and has advised the Sound Shore Fund, a mutual fund, since its launch in 1985. Burn is co-chairman of the investment committee and a portfolio manager, and per SEC Form ADV data he is one of the firm's control persons with a significant ownership stake.
Investment style
Burn has built his career around value investing and portfolio management. Detailed information on the firm's exact selection criteria is limited in the sources we reviewed.
Best decisions
A long-lived independent firm
Founded in 1978, Sound Shore has operated independently for more than 45 years and has run its own mutual fund since 1985 — a rare degree of continuity in the industry.
Biggest mistakes
Limited information
We found no reliable detail on Sound Shore's specific failed investments in the sources we reviewed.
Today
As of 2026 Burn remains co-chairman of the investment committee and a portfolio manager at Sound Shore Management. The sources we reviewed give no updated figure for the firm's current assets.
What to learn from following the portfolio
- Sound Shore is a value manager: its new and increased positions point to companies the firm considers cheap.
- The 13F lags by up to 45 days and shows only long US equities; copying is not a strategy.
- Islamic-finance lens: value managers often hold banks, insurers and financial firms, which usually are not halal; industrial, healthcare and technology companies may be. Check each position's halal status on the Portfolio tab.
An introduction based on public sources — not investment advice. Spotted an error? Let us know.