Fund Inception | 03/15/2001 |
Name of Issuer | American Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Capital Research and Management Company |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for AMFFX
James Lovelace
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2006
James B. Lovelace is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 42 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Jim covered beverages & tobacco, restaurants & lodging, household products and personal care companies. Jim began his career at Capital as a participant in The Associates Program, a two-year series of work assignments in various areas of the organization. He holds a bachelor's degree with honors in philosophy from Swarthmore College.
James Terrile
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2006
James Terrile is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 29 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 27 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered U.S. health care supplies & equipment, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Prior to joining Capital, James was an equity research analyst for Gabelli Asset Management Company in New York. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School with Beta Gamma Sigma distinction and a bachelor's degree in music from William Paterson University graduating magna cum laude.
William Robbins
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2008
William L. Robbins is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Portfolio Solutions Committee and the Target Date Solutions Committee. He has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 29 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Will covered small-capitalization companies, REITs and U.S. banks. Prior to joining Capital, he was a part of the investment team at Tiger Management Corp. in New York and a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley.
Cheryl Frank
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2014
Cheryl E. Frank is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in her career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, she covered health care services and software companies in both the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Capital, she was a fixed income derivatives marketing associate at J.P. Morgan. She holds an MBA and a certificate in global management and public management from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor's degree in environmental science and public policy from Harvard College graduating cum laude. Cheryl is based in San Francisco.
Charles Ellwein
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2016
Charles E. Ellwein is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 27 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 18 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. commercial and professional services, Canada as a generalist, U.S. Exchanges and global telecom equipment. Prior to joining Capital, he was a managing member at Farallon Capital Management in San Francisco, responsible for investments in the technology and media sectors. He holds an MBA with honors from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree with honors in electrical engineering from Brown University. Charles is based in San Francisco.
Grant Cambridge
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2021
Grant L. Cambridge is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 27 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered insurance, airlines, air freight, home builders, asset managers and software companies, as well as small- and mid-cap companies. Prior to joining Capital, he worked for BTM Capital, a subsidiary of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in Boston.
Brantley Thompson
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2023
Brant W. Thompson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 28 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 16 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered communications technology, U.S. cable and telecom companies, towers, data centers and U.S. and European autos and suppliers. Before joining Capital, he was the head of the communications technology research team in global equity research for Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, he worked at J.P. Morgan, as head of the European communications technology research team in London. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce with concentrations in finance and marketing from the University of Virginia. Brant is based in San Francisco.
Martin Jacobs
Portfolio Manager since 01/01/2024
Martin Jacobs is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 35 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 23 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. industrials, machinery and electrical equipment companies. Before joining Capital, Martin was an executive director and senior investment analyst at Brinson Partners, Inc. in Chicago and an industry analyst at Security Pacific Merchant Bank in New York. He was also a research analyst at the Wharton Center for Applied Research, Inc.