Fund Inception | 06/19/1995 |
Name of Issuer | Wasatch |
Fund Advisor(s) | Wasatch Advisors LP |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for WMICX
Kenneth Korngiebel
Portfolio Manager since 07/01/2017
Kenneth A. Korngiebel, CFA, has been the lead portfolio manager and a portfolio manager at Wasatch Advisors. Mr. Korngiebel joined Wasatch Advisors in 2015, providing additional research support and leadership for the entire U.S. small-cap equity team.
His investment career has spanned more than 20 years, during which he has covered small-, mid- and large-cap growth stocks across all sectors.
Prior to joining the Advisor, Mr. Korngiebel was a founder, partner and lead portfolio manager at Montibus Capital Management, a business backed by Stifel Financial Corp.
At Montibus, he led a team of five investment professionals from 2006 to 2015, managing the firm’s long-only, small-, and SMID-cap growth portfolios totaling $1 billion in assets. Earlier in his career, he was a senior managing director and lead portfolio manager at Columbia Management Company, where he rebuilt a six-person investment team, implemented a new philosophy and process, and managed small-, SMID- and mid-cap growth portfolios totaling $2.6 billion in assets. His tenure at Columbia Management was from 1996 to 2006.
Previously, he has been the portfolio manager at Montibus Capital Management LLC in 2006 and is a Managing Director and its Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Montibus, he served as a Managing Director at Columbia Management and was the Portfolio Manager. Prior to Columbia Management, he held positions in private equity and commercial real estate. Mr. Korngiebel holds a BA in Economics and Spanish from Stanford University (1987) and an MBA, with a focus on finance, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (1996). He is a member of the Portland Society of Financial Analysts.
Natalie Pesque
Portfolio Manager since 01/31/2022
Mrs. Pesqué is a Portfolio Manager on the U.S. micro and small cap research teams. She joined Wasatch Global Investors as an Analyst in 2015.
Prior to joining Wasatch, Mrs. Pesqué was an entrepreneur and teaching assistant for Business Law at the University of Utah. She received the Outstanding Business Graduate Award and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing summa cum laude from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She is also a CFA charterholder.
Natalie is learning French. She enjoys travel and exercise.