Fund Inception | 02/15/1996 |
Name of Issuer | Vanguard |
Fund Advisor(s) | Cooke & Bieler LP Donald Smith & Co Inc Pzena Investment Management LLC (US) |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for VASVX
Richard Greenberg
Portfolio Manager since 02/25/2005
Richard L. Greenberg, CFA, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Donald Smith & Co. He has worked in investment management since 1981; has been with the investment advisory firm that was founded as Home Portfolio Advisors and renamed Donald Smith & Co., Inc., since 1981. Education: B.S., SUNY Binghamton; M.B.A., The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Greenberg began his investment industry career at Home Insurance Co. as an industry analyst, focusing primarily on the metals, banking and housing sectors. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from SUNY (Binghamton) with a B.S. in psychology, and received his MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Greenberg is also a CFA Charterholder.
John Flynn
Portfolio Manager since 12/31/2015
John J. Flynn, Principal and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Flynn is a co-portfolio manager for the U.S. Mid Cap and Large Cap strategies, along with the Focused Value and Small Cap Focused Value services. Mr. Flynn became a member of the firm in 2005. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Mr. Flynn was an associate at Weston Presidio, a middle-market private equity investment firm. He earned a B.A. in Music from Yale University and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard Business School.
Benjamin Silver
Portfolio Manager since 02/23/2017
Principal and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Silver is a co-portfolio manager for the Global strategies and the U.S. Large Cap, Mid Cap, Focused Value and Small Cap strategies. He is also a portfolio manager for Global Best Ideas. He previously served as co-Director of Research for 9 years. Mr. Silver became a member of the firm in 2001. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Mr. Silver was a research analyst at Levitas & Company and a Manager for Ernst & Young LLP. He earned a B.S. magna cum laude in Accounting from Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University.
Jonathan Hartsel
Portfolio Manager since 11/14/2019
With the firm since 2003, Jon previously worked for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He later worked at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America in investment banking where he worked with energy companies, utilities, and financial institutions. Jon started at Donald Smith & Co. as an analyst covering a wide range of industries, later becoming a portfolio manager. He now leads the firm alongside Richard Greenberg as Co-Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research. He received a BA in Economics from William & Mary and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
William Weber
Portfolio Manager since 12/16/2019
Bill earned his undergraduate degrees in Finance and English from Villanova University, graduating magna cum laude. He then worked at Cooke & Bieler for six years in various roles including marketing, operations and research support, before earning his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2010. While at Booth, Bill interned at T. Rowe Price Associates as an equity research analyst. He returned to Cooke & Bieler upon his graduation.
Mehul Trivedi
Portfolio Manager since 12/16/2019
Mehul earned his undergraduate degrees in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. After working as a fixed income analyst at Blackrock Financial Management and then as a product manager at PNC Asset Management, Mehul earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business. After working as a summer intern, Mehul joined Cooke & Bieler in 1998.
Evan Fox
Portfolio Manager since 12/21/2023
Evan D. Fox, CFA, Principal and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Fox is a co-portfolio manager for the Small Cap Focused Value service. Mr. Fox became a member of the firm in 2007. Prior to joining Pzena Investment Management, Mr. Fox was a teaching assistant for the Wharton School Finance Department, a summer analyst at Lazard, and a summer researcher at Lucent Technologies. He earned a B.S. summa cum laude in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A.S. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. Mr. Fox holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.