Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers is a legendary contrarian investor, bestselling author, adventurer and financial commentator. Rogers is best known as the Co-Founder of the Quantum Fund, a global investment partnership he launched with George Soros. He also co-founded Soros Fund Management and created the Rogers International Commodities Index. After the Quantum Fund returned a remarkable 4,200% during its first decade, Rogers retired to travel the world. Throughout his career, Rogers has written extensively on finance and investing. He has also spent decades sharing his insights and knowledge of the markets with investors around the world. Continuing to manage his own portfolio, he served as a Professor of Finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and as Moderator of The Dreyfus Roundtable on WCBS and The Profit Motive on FNN.
Jim Rogers Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor of Finance
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Chairman
Academic History
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B.A., Philosophy, Politics and Economics
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B.A., History, Cum Laude
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
Rogers is known for his astute investment strategies and bullish outlook on commodities and emerging markets.
His contrarian, value-driven approach is shared by investors such as Michael Burry, Warren Buffett and John Templeton.
He has consistently warned against following conventional wisdom without critical analysis and has championed the cause of rigorous due diligence and long-term value investing.
TRAVEL
In 1990-1992, he fulfilled his lifelong dream to travel over 100,000 miles across 6 continents, a feat that landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He chronicled his one-of-a-kind journey in Investment Biker: On the Road with Jim Rogers. He also embarked on a Millennium Adventure in 1999.
He traveled for 3 years on his round-the-world, Guinness World Record journey. It was his 3rd Guinness Record.
He was named "The Indiana Jones of Finance" by Time magazine.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Rogers has contributed frequently to publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal.
He is frequently featured in global media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, CNCB, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Barron's, Financial Times, Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, and more.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.