Jan van Eck
Jan van Eck is the CEO of VanEck, a global investment manager with a long history of empowering investors with forward-looking, intelligently designed mutual funds and ETF solutions. He joined the firm in 1991 and its Executive Management Team in 1998. Over the past two decades, he has focused on the firm's fund management joint venture in China, its hedge fund business and launching its ETF business in 2006. Jan is a renowned innovator, entrepreneur, and podcast enthusiast who has direct knowledge of today's markets. He has created strategic beta, tactical allocation, emerging markets, and commodity-related investment strategies in mutual fund, ETF, and institutional formats. He dedicates his time working on funds that help investors provide types of portfolio exposure that might be valuable in tomorrow's markets.
Jan van Eck Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
Academic History
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J.D., Doctor of Law
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B.A., Economics
Jan leads the firm in being one of the world's largest ETF sponsors offering ETFs globally across a variety of equity and fixed income asset classes.
Today, VanEck offers active and passive strategies with compelling exposures supported by well-designed investment processes.
The firm’s capabilities range from core investment opportunities to more specialized exposures to enhance portfolio diversification.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Chief Executive Officer, Van Eck Associates Corporation
Member of the Board of Directors, Van Eck Associates Corporation
Director and President, Van Eck Securities Corporation
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee, VanEck Funds and VIP Trusts
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee, VanEck Vectors ETF Trust
Director of the National Committee, United States-China Relations
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
2019 Finalist for ETF.com’s Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 Finalist for Institutional Investor's Fund Leader of the Year
MEDIA & APPEARANCES