John W. Rogers Jr.

At-a-Glance

Serves as Founder, Chairman, Co-CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments.
Founded Ariel Capital Management (now Ariel Investments, LLC) in 1983.
Leads the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm.
Served as board president of the Chicago Park District for six years and as a board member for several companies.
Honored with the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University in 2007 for his service.
Regular contributor to Forbes magazine.
Graduated from Princeton University with an AB in Economics.

Biography

John W. Rogers, Jr. is an American investor and the founder, Chairman, Co-CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments, LLC.

He founded Ariel Capital Management, which later became Ariel Investments, in 1983. The firm is recognized as the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm. Rogers has also been a regular contributor to Forbes magazine for most of the last decade.