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:

06-30-2024

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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	08-05-2024
[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:	72
	Form 13F Information Table Value Total:	1,436,437,058
		(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.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
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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	3,649,410	169,819	SH		SOLE		169,819	0	0
Adobe Inc.	COM	00724F101	15,832,890	28,500	SH		SOLE		28,500	0	0
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited	COM	008474108	31,719,000	485,000	SH		SOLE		485,000	0	0
Alamos Gold Inc. - Class A	COM	011532108	13,052,628	832,438	SH		SOLE		832,438	0	0
Algoma Steel Group Inc.	COM	015658107	5,679,750	816,056	SH		SOLE		816,056	0	0
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.	COM	01881G106	2,681,034	79,344	SH		SOLE		79,344	0	0
Alphabet Inc. - Class C	COM	02079K107	77,022,277	419,923	SH		SOLE		419,923	0	0
Amazon.com, Inc.	COM	023135106	55,269,500	286,000	SH		SOLE		286,000	0	0
Amgen Inc.	COM	031162100	7,811,250	25,000	SH		SOLE		25,000	0	0
Angi Inc.- Class A	COM	00183L102	2,560,712	1,333,704	SH		SOLE		1,333,704	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	66,555,920	316,000	SH		SOLE		316,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	10,250,000	50,000	SH	Put	SOLE		50,000	0	0
Applied Materials, Inc.	COM	038222105	14,549,255	61,652	SH		SOLE		61,652	0	0
Arch Capital Group Ltd.	COM	G0450A105	66,612,522	660,249	SH		SOLE		660,249	0	0
ASML Holding N.V.	COM	N07059210	67,602,453	66,100	SH		SOLE		66,100	0	0
AT&T Inc.	COM	00206R102	17,325,164	906,602	SH		SOLE		906,602	0	0
Axis Capital Holdings Limited	COM	G0692U109	9,440,536	133,624	SH		SOLE		133,624	0	0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Clas	COM	084670108	67,346,510	110	SH		SOLE		110	0	0
Broadcom Inc.	COM	11135F101	34,518,895	21,500	SH		SOLE		21,500	0	0
Cameco Corporation	COM	13321L108	24,808,116	504,230	SH		SOLE		504,230	0	0
Chevron Corporation	COM	166764100	12,825,032	81,991	SH		SOLE		81,991	0	0
Cigna Group/The	COM	125523100	6,611,400	20,000	SH		SOLE		20,000	0	0
Cisco Systems, Inc.	COM	17275R102	6,568,733	138,260	SH		SOLE		138,260	0	0
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.	COM	185899101	3,748,896	243,593	SH		SOLE		243,593	0	0
Costco Wholesale Corporation	COM	22160K105	35,699,580	42,000	SH		SOLE		42,000	0	0
Danaher Corporation	COM	235851102	12,494,999	50,010	SH		SOLE		50,010	0	0
Dominion Energy, Inc.	COM	25746U109	14,210,000	290,000	SH		SOLE		290,000	0	0
Energy Transfer LP	COM	29273V100	16,544,887	1,020,030	SH		SOLE		1,020,030	0	0
Everest Group, Ltd.	COM	G3223R108	51,318,060	134,686	SH		SOLE		134,686	0	0
Expedia Group, Inc.	COM	30212P303	21,816,050	173,157	SH		SOLE		173,157	0	0
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	10,717,672	93,100	SH		SOLE		93,100	0	0
Ferroglobe PLC	COM	G33856108	5,132,688	957,591	SH		SOLE		957,591	0	0
Ford Motor Company	COM	345370860	6,996,229	557,913	SH		SOLE		557,913	0	0
GE Vernova Inc.	COM	36828A101	9,433,050	55,000	SH		SOLE		55,000	0	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	COM	375558103	8,226,339	119,900	SH		SOLE		119,900	0	0
Humana Inc	COM	444859102	13,825,050	37,000	SH		SOLE		37,000	0	0
iCAD, Inc.	COM	44934S206	260,564	200,434	SH		SOLE		200,434	0	0
indie Semiconductor, Inc. - Cl	COM	45569U101	5,673,099	919,465	SH		SOLE		919,465	0	0
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.	COM	46116X101	17,929,312	261,780	SH		SOLE		261,780	0	0
Invesco S&P Equal Weight	COM	46137V357	4,618,075	28,111	SH		SOLE		28,111	0	0
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	COM	46625H100	16,180,800	80,000	SH		SOLE		80,000	0	0
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	COM	502431109	13,651,095	60,785	SH		SOLE		60,785	0	0
M&T Bank Corporation	COM	55261F104	15,302,496	101,100	SH		SOLE		101,100	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	COM	58933Y105	25,295,559	204,326	SH		SOLE		204,326	0	0
Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A	COM	30303M102	11,092,840	22,000	SH		SOLE		22,000	0	0
MetLife, Inc.	COM	59156R108	15,464,752	220,327	SH		SOLE		220,327	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	COM	594918104	91,624,750	205,000	SH		SOLE		205,000	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	COM	594918104	21,500,000	50,000	SH	Put	SOLE		50,000	0	0
Nelnet, Inc. - Class A	COM	64031N108	24,550,837	243,415	SH		SOLE		243,415	0	0
Newmont Corporation	COM	651639106	5,242,166	125,201	SH		SOLE		125,201	0	0
NextNav Inc.	COM	65345N106	13,524,066	1,667,579	SH		SOLE		1,667,579	0	0
PepsiCo, Inc.	COM	713448108	26,388,800	160,000	SH		SOLE		160,000	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	COM	717081103	11,914,108	425,808	SH		SOLE		425,808	0	0
Proshares S&P 500 Dividend Ari	COM	74348A467	1,682,275	17,500	SH		SOLE		17,500	0	0
Quantum-Si Incorporated - Clas	COM	74765K105	309,068	294,350	SH		SOLE		294,350	0	0
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc	COM	75886F107	15,319,813	14,576	SH		SOLE		14,576	0	0
Republic Services, Inc.	COM	760759100	84,659,363	435,625	SH		SOLE		435,625	0	0
Royce Value Trust, Inc.	COM	780910105	2,183,190	150,877	SH		SOLE		150,877	0	0
RTX Corporation	COM	75513E101	16,564,350	165,000	SH		SOLE		165,000	0	0
SIGA Technologies, Inc.	COM	826917106	5,667,043	746,646	SH		SOLE		746,646	0	0
Stevanato Group S.p.A.	COM	T9224W109	6,018,803	328,179	SH		SOLE		328,179	0	0
T-Mobile US, Inc.	COM	872590104	8,809,000	50,000	SH		SOLE		50,000	0	0
Tenet Healthcare Corporation	COM	88033G407	14,181,131	106,601	SH		SOLE		106,601	0	0
TJX Companies, Inc./The	COM	872540109	57,812,629	525,092	SH		SOLE		525,092	0	0
Transocean Ltd.	COM	H8817H100	3,477,500	650,000	SH		SOLE		650,000	0	0
Tyler Technologies, Inc.	COM	902252105	20,805,539	41,381	SH		SOLE		41,381	0	0
Uber Technologies, Inc.	COM	90353T100	7,268,000	100,000	SH		SOLE		100,000	0	0
Universal Display Corporation	COM	91347P105	13,668,142	65,009	SH		SOLE		65,009	0	0
Valaris Limited	COM	G9460G101	17,474,422	234,556	SH		SOLE		234,556	0	0
Valneva SE - ADR	COM	92025Y103	2,604,553	354,361	SH		SOLE		354,361	0	0
Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index F	COM	922908512	1,654,730	11,000	SH		SOLE		11,000	0	0
Walt Disney Company /The	COM	254687106	5,607,701	56,478	SH		SOLE		56,478	0	0