John W. Rogers Jr.
- January 10, 2024
- Investor
Quick Facts
| Full Name | John W. Rogers Jr. |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 31, 1958(1958-03-31) |
| Age | 66 |
| Birthplace | Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Illinois |
| Horoscope | Aries |
John W. Rogers Jr. Biography
| Name | John W. Rogers Jr. |
| Birthday | Mar 31 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Chicago |
| Home Town | Illinois |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | John W. Rogers Sr., Jewel Lafontant |
| Spouse | Sharon Fairley , Desirée Rogers |
| Children(s) | Victoria Rogers |
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.
John W. Rogers Jr. Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Investor |
| House | Living in own house. |
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.
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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
Education| Princeton 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,
- 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.