Investment Focus
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Vehicles
Fintech
DNA Sequencing
Robotics
3D Printing
Overview
- Type: Active Equity
- Typical # of Holdings: 35-55
- Inception: Oct. 2014
- Portfolio Manager: Catherine Wood
- Analysts: Collective Team
Strategy Description
This actively managed equity strategy seeks long-term capital growth by investing in the US listed securities, including ADRs, of companies focused on disruptive innovation. ARK defines ‘‘disruptive innovation’’ as the introduction of a technologically enabled product or service that potentially changes the way the world works. Companies in ARK’s cornerstone strategy aim to capture the substantial benefits of new products or services associated with scientific research in DNA technologies, energy storage, the increased use of autonomous technology, next generation internet services, and technologies that make financial services more efficient.
Availability
Strategy | ETF | Managed Account | Mutual Fund | UCITS |
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ARK Disruptive Innovation |
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Strategy Characteristics
Actively managed, high conviction portfolio
Cross sector, geographies, and market capitalizations
Benchmark agnostic with low overlap to broad market indicies
Innovation Exposure combining ARK’s cornerstone themes
Investment Team

Catherine Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Investment Officer

Catherine Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Investment Officer
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Brett Winton
Chief Futurist
ARK Venture Investment Committee Member

Brett Winton
Chief Futurist
ARK Venture Investment Committee Member
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Renato Leggi, CFA, CAIA
Client Portfolio Manager

Renato Leggi, CFA, CAIA
Client Portfolio Manager
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Tasha Keeney, CFA
Director of Investment Analysis
& Institutional Strategies

Tasha Keeney, CFA
Director of Investment Analysis
& Institutional Strategies
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Sam Korus
Director of Research, Autonomous Technology & Robotics

Sam Korus
Director of Research, Autonomous Technology & Robotics
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Simon Barnett
Director of Research, Life Sciences

Simon Barnett
Director of Research, Life Sciences
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Maximilian Friedrich
Co-Lead, ARK Venture
& Analyst

Maximilian Friedrich
Co-Lead, ARK Venture
& Analyst
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Alexandra Urman
Analyst

Alexandra Urman
Analyst
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Nicholas Grous
Associate Portfolio Manager

Nicholas Grous
Associate Portfolio Manager
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Yassine Elmandjra
Crypto Lead

Yassine Elmandjra
Crypto Lead
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Will Summerlin
Co-Lead ARK Venture
& Analyst

Will Summerlin
Co-Lead ARK Venture
& Analyst
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Dan White, CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager

Dan White, CFA
Associate Portfolio Manager