Dave Iben
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.
Dave Iben Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Investment Officer and Lead Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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Bachelor's Degree
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
KOPERNIK GLOBAL INVESTORS
Iben is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Kopernik and serves as the CIO and Managing Member of the firm.
He is the Lead Portfolio Manager of Kopernik Global All-Cap and Global Unconstrained strategies.
He is also Co-Portfolio Manager of the Kopernik International and Global Long-Term Opportunities strategies.
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.
RECOGNITION
2023 London Value Investor Conference's Fund Manager Lifetime Achievement Award
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Iben has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Financial Times, and Barron's.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.