Profile
Ms. Katie Austin is a Portfolio Manager at William Blair & Co. LLC and William Blair Investment Management LLC.
She is a Member of the William Blair Hedge Fund Strategies Investment Committee.
She conducts manager research and is responsible for portfolio construction.
Prior to joining William Blair Investment Management, she was a Senior Associate at Opera Solutions, where she specialized in financial services consulting and alternative investment analysis.
Before joining Opera, she was a Senior Trader/Associate Analyst at Arience Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund, from 2004 to 2008, where she focused on designing and implementing trading strategies for consumer, retail, technology, and Internet stocks, and was responsible for portfolio allocation.
Before joining Arience, she was an Associate Analyst at Centurion Investment Group, a long/short equity hedge fund, from 2002 to 2004, where she conducted due diligence on current positions and new stock ideas.
She received her BA in Economics from Brown University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan.
Former positions of Katie Austin
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
ElectrifAi LLC
 ElectrifAi LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ElectrifAi LLC provides big data predictive analytics software and services. It offers solutions across multiple domains including financial services, procurement, credit and fraud, government, healthcare and marketing. The company was founded by Arnab Gupta in 2004 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2011-08-30 |
Arience Capital Management LP
 Arience Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Arience Capital Management LP is a New York City-based registered investment advisor. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2007-12-30 |
William Blair Investment Management LLC
 William Blair Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance William Blair Investment Management LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair provides investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other institutional investors across the globe. | Analyst-Equity | - |
William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management)
 William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management) (William Blair-IM) is the investment management division of William Blair & Co. LLC, a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair-IM provides investment advisory and management services to a number of clients including high net worth clients, individuals, small institutions, William Blair Wrap Program clients and other registered investment advisers. | Analyst-Equity | - |
Training of Katie Austin
| Brown University | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Michigan | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management)
William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance William Blair & Co. LLC (Investment Management) (William Blair-IM) is the investment management division of William Blair & Co. LLC, a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair-IM provides investment advisory and management services to a number of clients including high net worth clients, individuals, small institutions, William Blair Wrap Program clients and other registered investment advisers. | Finance |
ElectrifAi LLC
ElectrifAi LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ElectrifAi LLC provides big data predictive analytics software and services. It offers solutions across multiple domains including financial services, procurement, credit and fraud, government, healthcare and marketing. The company was founded by Arnab Gupta in 2004 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ. | Technology Services |
Arience Capital Management LP
Arience Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Arience Capital Management LP is a New York City-based registered investment advisor. | Finance |
William Blair Investment Management LLC
William Blair Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance William Blair Investment Management LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. William Blair provides investment solutions to corporations, pension funds, governments and public agencies, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, and other institutional investors across the globe. | Finance |
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