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John W. Rogers Jr. Biography

John W. Rogers Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Investor who was born on March 31, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

John Washington Rogers Jr. (born March 31, 1958) is an investor, philanthropist and founder of Ariel Capital Management (now Ariel Investments, LLC), founded in 1983. He is chairman and CEO of the company, which is the United States’ largest minority-run mutual fund firm. He has been a regular contributor to Forbes magazine for most of the last decade. Active in the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, Rogers was a leader of the 2009 inauguration committee.

Rogers was raised in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago’s South Side, and graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 1976. At the age of 12 his father started giving him dividend-paying stocks. He went to college at Princeton University, where he used his free time to glean market information at his local stock brokerage and where he was influenced by Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

NameJohn W. Rogers Jr.
First NameJonathan
Last NameRichards
OccupationInvestor
BirthdayMarch 31
Birth Year1958
Place of BirthChicago
Home TownIllinois
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAries
Full/Birth Name
ParentsJohn W. Rogers Sr., Jewel Lafontant
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseSharon Fairley , Desirée Rogers
Children(s)Victoria Rogers

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Rogers was one of the hot stock pickers of the 1980s. Rogers uses a value investing strategy, which has been a problem at times when growth stocks have been the better-performing investment class. However, his firm and its mutual funds have often been among the industry performance leaders and have on average outperformed the market. He eschews investing in new companies or making investments in companies that have no track record. For example, rather than invest in stocks of companies conducting research and development for potential AIDS cures, he would prefer to invest in hospitals that treat AIDS victims. His typical holding period is four or five years rather than the 14-month period of the average mutual fund. Mellody Hobson serves as the president of the company.

John W. Rogers Jr. Net Worth

John W. Rogers Jr. is one of the richest Investor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John W. Rogers Jr.'s net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He is the only son of Jewel Lafontant and John Rogers Sr. His mother Jewel was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School in 1946. She became a prominent Republican lawyer, and she nominated Richard Nixon, who won the Republican Party Presidential Nomination, at the 1960 Republican National Convention. His father was a Tuskegee airman pilot with over 100 combat missions of service during World War II and an eventual Cook County judge for twenty years. His parents divorced in 1961 and his mother died in 1997. Rogers was three years old when his parents divorced. He has a daughter, Victoria, with his former wife Desirée Rogers.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeInvestor
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Rogers studied economics at Princeton. After graduating in 1980, he worked for William Blair & Company in Chicago. A few years later, and with the financial backing of family and friends, he opened his own firm, starting with the Municipal Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago as his first account.

The growth of his company has been steady. He founded the firm in July 1983 with $10,000, which he turned into $23,170 by the end of February 1984. He had financial backing from his mother and other friends and relatives. The Ariel fund became public on November 6, 1986. In November 2000, he had 41 employees. In February 2002, the company had 51 employees and more than 120 institutional clients (including United Airlines, ChevronTexaco, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System), which grew to include institutional clients such as Wal-Mart and PepsiCo by April 2005. The company has over 100 employees as of 2008. In 2008, the company changed its name to Ariel Investments, LLC.

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He was a college basketball teammate of Craig Robinson, and he served as captain of the 1979–80 Ivy League co-champion Princeton Tigers men’s basketball team. He had a habit of perusing business journals and calling his broker from stadium payphones. Rogers credits Pete Carril, his basketball coach, as his greatest college influence because Carril stressed precision and teamwork.

Three-on-three basketball has been a continuing part of his life. As of 2000, he had a team with the second and fourth all-time leading scorers at Princeton, Kit Mueller (class of 1991) and Robinson (1983) and the school’s second leading three point shooter Sean Jackson (1992). Between 1996 and 2000 his team had won 12 of 17 tournaments that they had entered. He scored the game-winning basket of Chicago’s three-on-three basketball tournament on a team with Arne Duncan, Robinson, and Kit Mueller. Rogers and Robinson were among those invited to practice with Michael Jordan as he prepared for his comeback. He claims to be the first person to have beaten Jordan in a game of one-on-one at one of his fantasy basketball camps. Among the witnesses to the victory, which was reported in Sports Illustrated, were John Thompson Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and fellow fantasy participant Damon Wayans. He has Yoruba Nigerian, Cherokee and Scottish ancestries through his maternal ancestor, Scipio Vaughan.

Who is John W. Rogers Jr. Dating?

According to our records, John W. Rogers Jr. married to Sharon Fairley , Desirée Rogers . As of December 1, 2023, John W. Rogers Jr.’s is not dating anyone.

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Rogers was appointed as the Board President of the Chicago Park District for six years in the 1990s. He has also was appointed as board member to several companies, as a leader of several organizations affiliated with his collegiate alma mater, and as a leader in youth education in his native Chicago. In 2007, Rogers was honored with the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University for the breadth and depth of his service to many organizations. While a student at Princeton, he was captain of the 1979–80 Ivy League co-champion Princeton Tigers men’s basketball team.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Investor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John W. Rogers Jr. celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

Rogers has been a regular contributor to Forbes for many years and online archives of his commentaries go back as far as 2001. He provides regular personal finance commentaries in a column that has recently been appearing under the title “The Patient Investor”.

Is John Rogers a billionaire?

John Rogers
EducationPrinceton University (BA)

Who is John Rogers of Ariel Investments?

John Rogers is the founder and lead portfolio manager for Ariel Investments, which manages $16.8 billion as of June 2021.

How tall is John Rogers?

As a varsity basketball player at Princeton, the six-foot-tall Rogers played guard for legendary coach Pete Carril, who he says “kept him around” because of his overall hustle.

How much does Ariel Investments have under management?

The firm has $15 billion in assets under management as of January 31, 2021. Ariel is a minority-owned investment company. It claims to be the largest minority-owned investment firm.

Is John Rogers black?

Rogers is co-CEO and chairman of Chicago-based Ariel Investments, which says it’s the oldest Black-owned money manager in the country. Founded in 1983, it invests in small- and mid-cap value stocks.

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