222 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60606
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Main Phone: 877-962-5247
Web Site:
http://www.williamblair.com
Mutual Fund Brand(s)
William Blair Funds
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SEC Fund Filings by CIK
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Background:
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On February 10, 2021, the William Blair team unveiled a deal to buy ICM from BrightSphere. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2021.
William Blair & Company, LLC is an employee-owned global investment firm whose investment management division serves as adviser to the William Blair Funds. Most portfolio managers are principals.
William McCormick Blair founded William Blair & Company in Chicago in 1935. The firm enjoyed early success despite the challenges of the Great Depression. In 1946, Blair's sons William McCormick Blair, Jr., Edward McCormick Blair, and Bowen Blair joined the firm; in 1961, Blair, Sr. stepped down as managing partner and handed over the reins to Edward.
The firm launched its first fund, the William Blair Growth Fund, in 1946. It currently offers an array of domestic equity funds, international equity funds, global funds, fixed income funds, and money market funds.
William Blair & Company values its adherence to business traditions and low employee turnover rate. Chairman Edgar D. Jannotta originally joined the firm as an associate in 1959 and has worked there in various capacities ever since. President and CEO John R. Ettelson joined the firm in 1984 as an associate, and became a principal in 1989.
In March 2010, the firm announced that it was hiring Dan Charles as global head of distribution of William Blair Investment Management. Charles left Janus, where he ran the U.S. institutional and international divisions, to take the position with Blair. He is responsible for expanding Blair's mutual fund, intermediary, and institutional businesses. He reports to head of William Blair Investment Management Michelle Seitz, who joined the firm in 1996.
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Sponsored Opportunities
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Key People:
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Stephanie Braming
Partner, Global Head of Investment Management, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. | Bob Duwa
Head of North America Distribution, William Blair Investment Management | John Moore
Head of Institutional Sales and Trading, William Blair & Company | Richard Smirl
Chief Operating Officer, William Blair & Company | George Greig
Global Strategist for Investment Management, William Blair & Company | Tom Ross
Partner, Head of European Distribution, William Blair & Company | John Brennan
Partner, Head of Investment Counseling, William Blair & Company | Jeffrey A. Urbina
CFA, Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager, William Blair & Company | David Fording
CFA, Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager, William Blair & Company | Randy Randall
Chief Compliance Officer, William Blair & Company | Mike Jancosek
Head, Advisor Solutions, William Blair & Company |
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