Reported portfolio

Robert Vinall

RV Capital AG

Last update 2026-08-14
Current positions
13
Top five concentration
87.1%
Largest position
30.3%
New positions
0
Closed positions
0

Reported holdings

13 positions
CompanyPortfolioRecent activitySharesReported priceReported valueUpdated / source
CVNA
CARVANA CO
30.31%
Added 367.3%1,763,296+1,385,998$66$116,060,000−$2,758,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
META
META PLATFORMS INC
20.45%
Reduced 4.5%138,997−6,537$563$78,296,000−$5,017,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
CACC
CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICH
18.01%
Reduced 12.8%108,272−15,888$637$68,941,000+$16,244,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
IBKR
INTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP IN
12.75%
Reduced 26.0%561,086−196,833$87$48,837,000−$2,274,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
HTHT
H WORLD GROUP LTD
5.59%
Reduced 8.1%513,413−44,967$42$21,420,000−$6,661,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
YUMC
YUM CHINA HLDGS INC
4.25%
Reduced 5.6%398,021−23,518$41$16,267,000−$4,296,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
MSFT
MICROSOFT CORP
3.22%
Added 31.2%33,100+7,880$373$12,347,000+$2,939,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
GOOGL
ALPHABET INC
3.04%
Unchanged32,520$357$11,622,000+$2,270,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
DE
DEERE & CO
0.83%
Unchanged5,001$634$3,172,000+$355,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
PAYC
PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC
0.70%
Unchanged21,395$126$2,689,000+$12,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
CRM
SALESFORCE INC
0.63%
Unchanged15,511$157$2,430,000−$465,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
MORN
MORNINGSTAR INC
0.15%
Unchanged3,700$156$577,000−$77,00013F2026-06-30 ↗
SPOT
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A
0.06%
Unchanged500$459$230,000−$13,00013F2026-06-30 ↗

Reported price is calculated from the reported value and share count. It is not the investor's actual purchase price.

Filing history

Historical holdings

$382,887,000
Reported value
13
Positions
2026-08-14
Filed
Original filing ↗
TickerCompanyPortfolioSharesReported value
CVNACARVANA CO30.31%1,763,296$116,060,000
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC20.45%138,997$78,296,000
CACCCREDIT ACCEP CORP MICH18.01%108,272$68,941,000
IBKRINTERACTIVE BROKERS GROUP IN12.75%561,086$48,837,000
HTHTH WORLD GROUP LTD5.59%513,413$21,420,000
YUMCYUM CHINA HLDGS INC4.25%398,021$16,267,000
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP3.22%33,100$12,347,000
GOOGLALPHABET INC3.04%32,520$11,622,000
DEDEERE & CO0.83%5,001$3,172,000
PAYCPAYCOM SOFTWARE INC0.70%21,395$2,689,000
CRMSALESFORCE INC0.63%15,511$2,430,000
MORNMORNINGSTAR INC0.15%3,700$577,000
SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A0.06%500$230,000

Investor background

Robert Vinall

“Investing like an owner in businesses run by an engaged and rational owner with the capital of investors who think like an owner.”

Robert Vinall is the founder and managing director of RV Capital and the investment adviser to the Business Owner Fund. A Cambridge graduate and CFA charterholder, he began his career at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 1997, moved to DG Bank—later DZ Bank—as a telecommunications analyst, and joined the activist-oriented CDL Principal Investors in Switzerland in 2004. He founded RV Capital in 2006 and launched the Business Owner Fund with the backing of German entrepreneur and investor Norman Rentrop on 30 September 2008, two weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Vinall’s investment development followed three broad stages. He began by purchasing companies below net cash or liquidation value, but discovered that business quality mattered more than the size of the statistical discount. He then focused on competitive advantages and long-term economics. Finally, he placed managers and controlling owners at the centre of the process after observing that the best investment outcomes were often driven by acquisitions, products and markets that could not have been forecast at the time of purchase. His conclusion was that when the decisive future factors remain unseen, the investor must partner with managers whose character, judgment and motivation can be trusted.

RV Capital invests globally and normally owns around ten companies. A prospective investment must be capable of flourishing for at least another decade, be strengthening its competitive advantage, be led by management that sets the right example, and trade at an attractive price. Vinall particularly values founder-led or owner-oriented managers who regard the company as their life’s work. His approach is concentrated but not static: he moved beyond German small caps, rejected low-multiple orthodoxy, invested in Google and Baidu, and shifted his attention from the current width of a moat toward whether it is expanding.

Vinall qualifies as a super investor because the philosophy is supported by a long and observable record. Through 2025, the Business Owner Fund compounded at 16.4% annually from its September 2008 inception, compared with 7.6% for its published DAX comparison. His letters are unusually valuable because they revisit both successful investments and errors, including premature sales, Carvana’s financing risks and the unsuccessful investment in Ryman Healthcare.

He remains the identifiable decision-maker behind the Business Owner Fund. Andreas Lechner is RV Capital’s co-managing director and an important research partner, but Vinall has stated that they make their investment decisions separately and that he continues to advise Business Owner. The fund’s administration moved to Axxion in 2025 without transferring the core investment responsibility.