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Jeffrey James

Lead Portfolio Manager
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Jeffrey James is the lead portfolio manager for the Micro Cap Growth, Small Cap Growth and Small/Mid Cap Growth strategies. In his role as portfolio manager, he has final responsibility for the strategies’ portfolio construction, risk management and buy/sell decisions. Additionally, he is responsible for implementation of the investment philosophy, idea generation as well as the evaluation of macro-level trends and the market environment.

Mr. James began his career with Lehman Brothers in 1990. From 1991 to 1997, he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as an analyst and joined Driehaus Capital Management in 1997 as a sector analyst covering the information technology and energy sectors for the firm’s Small Cap Growth and Mid Cap Growth strategies. In 1998, he began managing the Driehaus Micro Cap Growth strategy. From 2001 to 2005, he also served as portfolio manager for the firm’s long/short hedge fund. He was named portfolio manager of the Driehaus Small Cap Growth strategy in 2006 and the portfolio manager of the Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth strategy in 2012. Mr. James received his B.S. in finance from Indiana University in 1990 and his M.B.A. from DePaul University in 1995.

Career Summary

  • Tenure at Driehaus: 1997
  • B.S. in finance from Indiana University
  • M.B.A. from DePaul University