SEC FORM 13F-HR

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:

03-31-2024

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This Amendment (Check only one.):		is a restatement.
		adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name:	GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Address:	530 FIFTH AVE
	26TH FLOOR
	NEW YORK, NY 10036
Form 13F File Number:	028-00461

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name:	Eugene S. Stark
Title:	Vice-President Administration, PFO, CCO
Phone:	212-916-8447
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Eugene S. Stark		New York, NY	05-03-2024
[Signature]		[City, State]	[Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):
X	13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
	13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
	13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

Form 13F Summary Page
	Report Summary:
	Number of Other Included Managers:	0
	Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:	75
	Form 13F Information Table Value Total:	1,398,895,904
		(thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
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SEC FORM 13-F Information Table

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:		3235-0006
Expires:	July 31, 2015
Estimated average burden
hours per response:		23.8

COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2	COLUMN 3	COLUMN 4	COLUMN 5			COLUMN 6	COLUMN 7	COLUMN 8
			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
Adams Diversified Equity Fund,	COM	006212104	3,314,867	169,819	SH		SOLE		169,819	0	0
Adobe Inc.	COM	00724F101	15,138,000	30,000	SH		SOLE		30,000	0	0
Aehr Test Systems	COM	00760J108	613,763	49,497	SH		SOLE		49,497	0	0
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited	COM	008474108	32,142,880	538,858	SH		SOLE		538,858	0	0
Alamos Gold Inc. - Class A	COM	011532108	13,753,461	932,438	SH		SOLE		932,438	0	0
Algoma Steel Group Inc.	COM	015658107	6,928,315	816,056	SH		SOLE		816,056	0	0
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.	COM	01881G106	4,240,573	122,066	SH		SOLE		122,066	0	0
Alphabet Inc. - Class C	COM	02079K107	67,743,976	444,923	SH		SOLE		444,923	0	0
Amazon.com, Inc.	COM	023135106	51,588,680	286,000	SH		SOLE		286,000	0	0
Amgen Inc.	COM	031162100	7,108,000	25,000	SH		SOLE		25,000	0	0
Angi Inc.- Class A	COM	00183L102	3,494,304	1,333,704	SH		SOLE		1,333,704	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	60,189,480	351,000	SH		SOLE		351,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	8,500,000	50,000	SH	Put	SOLE		50,000	0	0
Applied Materials, Inc.	COM	038222105	12,714,492	61,652	SH		SOLE		61,652	0	0
Arch Capital Group Ltd.	COM	G0450A105	62,420,018	675,249	SH		SOLE		675,249	0	0
ASML Holding N.V.	COM	N07059210	67,544,712	69,600	SH		SOLE		69,600	0	0
AT&T Inc.	COM	00206R102	15,956,195	906,602	SH		SOLE		906,602	0	0
Axis Capital Holdings Limited	COM	G0692U109	9,988,632	153,624	SH		SOLE		153,624	0	0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Clas	COM	084670108	69,788,400	110	SH		SOLE		110	0	0
Broadcom Inc.	COM	11135F101	31,147,135	23,500	SH		SOLE		23,500	0	0
Cameco Corporation	COM	13321L108	21,843,244	504,230	SH		SOLE		504,230	0	0
Chevron Corporation	COM	166764100	12,933,260	81,991	SH		SOLE		81,991	0	0
Cigna Group/The	COM	125523100	7,263,800	20,000	SH		SOLE		20,000	0	0
Cisco Systems, Inc.	COM	17275R102	6,900,557	138,260	SH		SOLE		138,260	0	0
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.	COM	185899101	5,539,305	243,593	SH		SOLE		243,593	0	0
Costco Wholesale Corporation	COM	22160K105	34,433,610	47,000	SH		SOLE		47,000	0	0
Costco Wholesale Corporation	COM	22160K105	11,100,000	15,000	SH	Put	SOLE		15,000	0	0
Danaher Corporation	COM	235851102	12,488,497	50,010	SH		SOLE		50,010	0	0
Dominion Energy, Inc.	COM	25746U109	12,789,400	260,000	SH		SOLE		260,000	0	0
Eaton Corporation plc	COM	G29183103	12,663,540	40,500	SH		SOLE		40,500	0	0
Energy Transfer LP	COM	29273V100	16,045,072	1,020,030	SH		SOLE		1,020,030	0	0
Everest Group, Ltd.	COM	G3223R108	51,355,410	129,196	SH		SOLE		129,196	0	0
Expedia Group, Inc.	COM	30212P303	23,852,377	173,157	SH		SOLE		173,157	0	0
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	10,821,944	93,100	SH		SOLE		93,100	0	0
Fastenal Company	COM	311900104	5,754,000	82,200	SH	Put	SOLE		82,200	0	0
Ferroglobe PLC	COM	G33856108	5,266,803	1,057,591	SH		SOLE		1,057,591	0	0
General Motors Company	COM	37045V100	6,802,500	150,000	SH		SOLE		150,000	0	0
General Motors Company	COM	37045V100	7,800,000	200,000	SH	Put	SOLE		200,000	0	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	COM	375558103	8,782,675	119,900	SH		SOLE		119,900	0	0
Humana Inc	COM	444859102	12,828,640	37,000	SH		SOLE		37,000	0	0
iCAD, Inc.	COM	44934S206	322,699	200,434	SH		SOLE		200,434	0	0
indie Semiconductor, Inc. - Cl	COM	45569U101	4,919,857	694,895	SH		SOLE		694,895	0	0
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.	COM	46116X101	18,022,379	260,439	SH		SOLE		260,439	0	0
Invesco S&P Equal Weight	COM	46137V357	4,761,160	28,111	SH		SOLE		28,111	0	0
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	COM	46625H100	16,024,000	80,000	SH		SOLE		80,000	0	0
M&T Bank Corporation	COM	55261F104	18,180,000	125,000	SH		SOLE		125,000	0	0
Medtronic plc	COM	G5960L103	9,360,171	107,403	SH		SOLE		107,403	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	COM	58933Y105	26,960,816	204,326	SH		SOLE		204,326	0	0
Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A	COM	30303M102	10,682,760	22,000	SH		SOLE		22,000	0	0
MetLife, Inc.	COM	59156R108	16,328,434	220,327	SH		SOLE		220,327	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	COM	594918104	86,247,600	205,000	SH		SOLE		205,000	0	0
Nelnet, Inc. - Class A	COM	64031N108	23,039,230	243,415	SH		SOLE		243,415	0	0
Newmont Corporation	COM	651639106	4,128,804	115,201	SH		SOLE		115,201	0	0
NextNav Inc.	COM	65345N106	10,968,301	1,666,915	SH		SOLE		1,666,915	0	0
PepsiCo, Inc.	COM	713448108	28,001,600	160,000	SH		SOLE		160,000	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	COM	717081103	10,151,172	365,808	SH		SOLE		365,808	0	0
Proshares S&P 500 Dividend Ari	COM	74348A467	1,774,675	17,500	SH		SOLE		17,500	0	0
Quantum-Si Incorporated - Clas	COM	74765K105	579,870	294,350	SH		SOLE		294,350	0	0
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc	COM	75886F107	14,029,254	14,576	SH		SOLE		14,576	0	0
Republic Services, Inc.	COM	760759100	85,936,842	448,897	SH		SOLE		448,897	0	0
Republic Services, Inc.	COM	760759100	17,676,000	98,200	SH	Put	SOLE		98,200	0	0
Royce Value Trust, Inc.	COM	780910105	2,288,804	150,877	SH		SOLE		150,877	0	0
RTX Corporation	COM	75513E101	16,092,450	165,000	SH		SOLE		165,000	0	0
SIGA Technologies, Inc.	COM	826917106	6,349,183	741,727	SH		SOLE		741,727	0	0
Stevanato Group S.p.A.	COM	T9224W109	9,630,000	300,000	SH		SOLE		300,000	0	0
T-Mobile US, Inc.	COM	872590104	8,161,000	50,000	SH		SOLE		50,000	0	0
Tenet Healthcare Corporation	COM	88033G407	11,562,100	110,000	SH		SOLE		110,000	0	0
TJX Companies, Inc./The	COM	872540109	53,254,831	525,092	SH		SOLE		525,092	0	0
Transocean Ltd.	COM	H8817H100	3,768,000	600,000	SH		SOLE		600,000	0	0
Tyler Technologies, Inc.	COM	902252105	15,462,289	36,381	SH		SOLE		36,381	0	0
Universal Display Corporation	COM	91347P105	10,950,766	65,009	SH		SOLE		65,009	0	0
Valaris Limited	COM	G9460G101	10,243,338	136,106	SH		SOLE		136,106	0	0
Valneva SE - ADR	COM	92025Y103	2,831,344	354,361	SH		SOLE		354,361	0	0
Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index F	COM	922908512	1,715,010	11,000	SH		SOLE		11,000	0	0
Walt Disney Company /The	COM	254687106	6,910,648	56,478	SH		SOLE		56,478	0	0