Ankur Crawford
Dr. Ankur Crawford is Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Alger, a recognized pioneer of growth-style investment management. She serves as a Portfolio Manager of Alger Capital Appreciation, Alger Focus Equity, and Alger Spectra strategies. She joined Alger in September 2004 and has 19 years of investment experience. Throughout her career, she has been featured and quoted in InvestmentNews, Investor’s Business Daily and Fortune. Ankur was elected to the board of The Knowledge House, a Bronx-based charity with the mission of teaching underprivileged communities a skill set in technology that enables them to enter the “gig” economy.
Ankur Crawford Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
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M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
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B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Ankur joined Alger in 2004 as a Research Associate and has successfully completed the in-house analyst training program.
Over the next several years, Ankur was promoted to Associate Analyst, Analyst, and, ultimately, Senior Analyst.
She was named Portfolio Manager of the Alger Mid Cap Growth strategies in 2010 and promoted to Head of the Technology sector team.
In 2015, she was added as a Portfolio Manager of the Alger Capital Appreciation, Alger Focus Equity and Alger Spectra strategies.
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
2022 InvestmentNews' See It, Be It Role Model
2020 Money Management Executive's Top Women in Asset Management
Fellowship, Intel PhD Fellowship Program
Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Ankur has appeared in Bloomberg, CNBC, Morningstar, The New York Times, Yahoo! Finance, Fortune, InvestmentNews, and more.