Investor and financial figure profile
Cathie Wood
Founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Investment Management.
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About Cathie Wood
Wood registered ARK Investment Management as an SEC investment adviser in January 2014 and founded it to concentrate on disruptive innovation. ARK identifies her as CEO and CIO, with responsibility for its investment approach. Before ARK, she spent twelve years leading global thematic strategies at AllianceBernstein and cofounded Tupelo Capital Management. Her earlier eighteen years at Jennison included economics, equity research and portfolio-management roles; she began at Capital Group as an assistant economist. She earned a finance and economics degree at USC in 1981. Her career explains ARK’s emphasis on research across technologies and industries.
Career and perspective
- Founder of ARK Investment Management.
- ARK identifies her as CEO and CIO.
Organizations and relationships
ARK Investment Management
FounderFounder, CEO and CIO of ARK Investment Management.
SEC reporting organization · CIK 1697748
ARK Investment Management LLC
Latest available local holdings: Q2 2026, period ended 2026-06-30.
This quarter is covered by a completed SEC dataset import.
Filed 2026-08-14 · View filing · The filing on sec.gov
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