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Christopher C. Davis serves as chairman of Davis Selected Advisers, LP, an investment counseling firm that oversees approximately $70 billion of client assets, including mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. The firm employs a research-driven, long-term approach to investing.
He joined Davis Selected Advisers in 1989 as a financial analyst and became a portfolio manager of the firm�s flagship funds, Davis New York Venture Fund and Selected American Shares, in 1995, succeeding his father, Shelby M.C. Davis.
Both the Davis New York Venture Fund, which has outperformed the S&P 500 in every ten-year period since 1969, and Selected American Shares, which the firm has managed since 1993, receive high marks for stewardship and long-term results. The firm�s employees and their families are the largest individual investors in the funds they manage.
Mr. Davis also served as an assistant to his grandfather, Shelby Cullom Davis, and as a Research Analyst at Tanaka Capital Management. He began his career as an accountant at State Street Bank and Trust Company.
He received a master�s degree with honors from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. | 