Laird Bieger

Portfolio Manager-Equities at

BAMCO, Inc.

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Consumer Services

Consumer Durables

Profile

Mr. Laird Bieger is a Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Baron Capital Management, Inc. and a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at BAMCO, Inc. He joined Baron Capital in 2000 as a Research Analyst and was named Portfolio Manager in 2013.
He has over 29 years of research experience.
Mr. Bieger was previously employed as a short-selling research analyst at Water Street Capital, a long/short hedge fund.
In between college and business school, he held various roles at Ford Motor Company.
He earned his MBA from Columbia Business School and holds a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Laird Bieger active positions

Companies	Position	Start
BAMCO, Inc. BAMCO, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BAMCO principally manages long-only investment strategies for capital appreciation with production of income incidental to that objective. Each portfolio manager’s ability to choose appropriate investments for an account has a significant impact on their ability to achieve an account’s investment objective. The firm’s investment professionals are focused on fundamental analyses of businesses. Their primary objective is to understand the key drivers of growth and profitability of each company in which they invest.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	31/12/2012
Baron Capital Management, Inc. Baron Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BCM utilizes a long-term, fundamental, active approach to growth investing. The firm’s primary objective is to understand the key drivers of growth and profitability of each company in which they invest. They build five-year proprietary valuation models to quantify a company’s opportunities and risks, and to estimate the intrinsic value of its business.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	31/12/2012

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Companies	Position	End
Water Street Capital, Inc. Water Street Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance WSC invests on behalf of their partners primarily in publicly traded companies across all industries. Investment decisions are based on proprietary research with a long-term perspective and a value orientation. Their core investment strategy is to buy undervalued companies run by solid management teams and short overvalued companies run by inadequate management teams. The firm’s research process is based on fundamental analysis of companies on both the long and short side of their portfolio. WSC performs their own detailed research, relying on industry sources, competitors and inquiries of management.	Analyst-Equity	30/12/1999
Ford Motor Co/Jardine Motors Group Plc Ford Motor Co/Jardine Motors Group Plc Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Manufactures passenger cars and trucks, automotive parts & accessories	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/1996

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BAMCO, Inc. BAMCO, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BAMCO principally manages long-only investment strategies for capital appreciation with production of income incidental to that objective. Each portfolio manager’s ability to choose appropriate investments for an account has a significant impact on their ability to achieve an account’s investment objective. The firm’s investment professionals are focused on fundamental analyses of businesses. Their primary objective is to understand the key drivers of growth and profitability of each company in which they invest.	Finance
Water Street Capital, Inc. Water Street Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance WSC invests on behalf of their partners primarily in publicly traded companies across all industries. Investment decisions are based on proprietary research with a long-term perspective and a value orientation. Their core investment strategy is to buy undervalued companies run by solid management teams and short overvalued companies run by inadequate management teams. The firm’s research process is based on fundamental analysis of companies on both the long and short side of their portfolio. WSC performs their own detailed research, relying on industry sources, competitors and inquiries of management.	Finance
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Ford Motor Co/Jardine Motors Group Plc Ford Motor Co/Jardine Motors Group Plc Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Manufactures passenger cars and trucks, automotive parts & accessories	Consumer Durables
Baron Capital Management, Inc. Baron Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BCM utilizes a long-term, fundamental, active approach to growth investing. The firm’s primary objective is to understand the key drivers of growth and profitability of each company in which they invest. They build five-year proprietary valuation models to quantify a company’s opportunities and risks, and to estimate the intrinsic value of its business.	Finance
Columbia Business School Columbia Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services