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Cathie Wood

Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, ARK Investment Management LLC at ARK Investment Management LLC

ARK Investment Management LLCSt. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

Cathie Wood founded ARK Investment Management in 2014 to invest exclusively in disruptive innovation through actively managed exchange-traded funds. A high-profile and often contrarian growth investor, she focuses on themes such as artificial intelligence, robotics, energy storage and genomics. She previously spent years as a portfolio manager at established asset managers.

At a Glance

Based in
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Nationality
American
Born
1955
Education
B.S. in Finance and Economics, University of Southern California.
Disruptive-Innovation InvestingGrowth EquitiesThematic Research

Career history

  1. 2014–presentFounder, CEO & CIOARK Investment Management LLC
  2. 2001–2013Chief Investment Officer, Global Thematic StrategiesAllianceBernstein
  3. 1998–2001Co-FounderTupelo Capital Management
  4. 1980–1998Chief Economist & Portfolio ManagerJennison Associates

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