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John Washington Rogers Jr. (born March 31, 1958) is an American investor and founder of Ariel Capital Management (now Ariel Investments, LLC), [1] founded in 1983. [2] He is chairman and co- CEO of the company, [3] which is the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm. [4]
Jul 17, 2002 · Investment chief executive John W. Rogers, Jr. was born on March 31, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois to Jewel Lafontant Mankarious and Judge John Rogers, Sr. At an early age, he showed great aptitude in school as well as on the basketball court, and, because of his father, developed an interest in the stock market.
- Early Life and Education
- Notable Accomplishments
- The Bottom Line
Born in 1958, John Rogers grew up on Chicago's South Side, the only child of John Rogers Sr. and Jewel Stradford Rogers (later Jewel Lafontant-Mankarious). The senior Rogers flew more than 100 combat missions as one of the original Tuskegee airmen in World War II and later became a Cook County judge. Rogers' mother was the first African American wo...
Ariel Investments
Rogers started Ariel Investments against the advice of his mentors, including the former chair of William Blair & Company, Ned Jannotta. But he followed his passion and turned $10,000 into more than a billion dollars in 20 years. He has never wavered from his most basic investment principles, which are encapsulated in his firm's motto: "Slow and steady wins the race." Rogers values patience as he looks for undervalued companies he believes will realize their full potential over three, five, o...
Charitable Work
Rogers has served on the boards of numerous civic, educational, and arts organizations. Some of the organizations with which he's been involved are the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, and the Oprah Winfrey Foundation.
Ariel Community Academy
Rogers has long advocated for greater diversity in upper-level corporate positions. He has devoted much of his time, money, and energy to improving financial literacyamong inner-city minority youths. In 1996, he started the Ariel Community Academy, a public school with an emphasis on financial education. As Black Enterprise magazine explained in a 2022 article, "The school offers pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students opportunities to practice financial literacy by managing stock port...
John Rogers is a successful, respected entrepreneur and portfolio manager who gives back to the community through his charitable work and his advocacy. Of particular note is his founding of the Ariel Community Academy, a public school that puts an emphasis on improving the financial literacy of inner-city minority youths.
Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer. Lead Portfolio Manager: Ariel Fund.
Early in his career, John’s investment acumen brought him to the forefront of media attention and culminated in him being selected as Co Mutual Fund Manager of the Year by Sylvia Porter’s Personal Finance magazine as well as an All-Star Mutual Fund Manager by USA TODAY.
Jun 2, 2023 · John W. Rogers Jr. is the founder and co-CEO of Ariel Investments. He started the firm in 1983, three years after graduating from Princeton; and now, forty years later, his company...
Feb 1, 2023 · In an era when dyed-in-the wool value investing strategists have been pushed aside for sexier growth and quantitative managers, John W. Rogers Jr.’s patient contrarian approach has proven...
