Rupal Bhansali

Company: Ariel Investments, LLC

Area of Expertise: International & global equities

Website: https://nonconsensusinvesting.com

Twitter Feed: @Rupal_Bhansali

Book: “Non-Consensus Investing: Being Right When Everyone Else Is Wrong” (Columbia Business School Publishing, 2019)

Topics Presented in Speeches: Contrarian Intrinsic Value Investing (CIVI); The Power and Payoff of Non-Consensus Investing; How to Beat Mr. Market; Active Investing is Dead, Long Live Active Investing!; The Dangerous Game of Chasing Stability

Email: rupalbhansali@nonconsensusinvesting.com

Biography:

Rupal Bhansali is chief investment officer and portfolio manager of Ariel Investments’ international and global equity strategies. In this capacity, she manages approximately $7 billion in portfolios for both institutional and retail clients.

Her career and investment approach can be described in one word: unconventional. Unlike most long-only managers, Bhansali’s buyside career began over 20 years ago on the long-short side at Soros Fund Management. This formative experience taught her how to think about both the long and short side of the trade. She is among the rare breed of value managers who has outperformed her benchmarks during the last two decades. Bhansali credits her uncommon investment success to her uncommon investment process—one where non-consensus thinking and the courage to go against the grain play a pivotal role. It is not surprising that Barron’s christened her a “Global Contrarian,” Forbes called her a “Global Guru,” and PBS’ Consuelo Mack referred to her as an “unconventional thinker.”

In January 2019, Bhansali became the newest member of the prestigious Barron’s Investment Roundtable, which showcases 10 of Wall Street’s smartest investors. Bhansali was named the 2019 North America Industry Leadership Honoree by 100 Women in Finance, a global network of professional women and men in the finance and alternative investment industries. She is also the author of the book “Non-Consensus Investing: Being Right When Everyone Else Is Wrong,” published by Columbia Business School Publishing in 2019. Bhansali earned a bachelor as well as a Master of Commerce in finance from the University of Mumbai. She later earned an MBA in finance from the University of Rochester, where she was a Rotary Foundation Scholar.