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Warren Buffett tells people to buy an S&P 500 index fund. A celebrity tech investor says they face a 'rude awakening.'

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Chamath Palihapitiya says a handful of Big Tech names dominate the S&P 500 index.

He says owning the index is basically a concentrated bet on risky businesses, not a wager on the stock market as a whole.

Chamath said the outsize weighting of a few stocks means that if Big Tech stocks take a hit, investors could suffer huge losses.

The venture capitalist was widely criticized for promoting high-risk special purpose acquisition deals during the pandemic and showing little remorse when their value cratered.