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Dave Iben

Dave Iben

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Dave Iben is the Chief Investment Officer and Lead Portfolio Manager of Kopernik Global Investors, a global value equity management firm. Iben has over 40 years of investment experience, specializing in identifying undervalued securities globally. Prior to founding Kopernik, he was a Director and Head of the Global Value team at Vinik Asset Management where he managed the $2.7 billion Global Value Long/Short Equity portfolio. He was also the Lead Portfolio Manager, CIO, and President of Tradewinds Global Investors, a $38 billion investment firm. He was the sole Portfolio Manager of the firm’s Global All-Cap strategy, North American All-Cap strategy, and Global Long/Short strategy, directly managing more than $20 billion assets at the time of his departure.

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EARLY CAREER

  • Iben directed Tradewinds’ investment activities, including portfolio management, research, trading and risk management.

  • He was the sole portfolio manager of the firm’s Global All-Cap strategy, North American All-Cap strategy, and Global Long/Short strategy, directly managing more than $20 billion assets at the time of his departure.

  • He has been recognized by nationally known publications from Bloomberg and won several awards by nationally known rating agencies such as Lipper.

  • He was a Co-Founder and Lead Portfolio Manager of Palladian Capital Management. He was a senior portfolio manager at Cramblit & Carney from 1996 to 1998.

  • He began his career with Farmers Group, Inc. At the time of his departure in 1996, he was acting as Farmers’ chief investment officer responsible for $16 billion of investable assets.

  • He has received the CFA designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Tampa Bay.


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