Steve Ruxton

Feb 1, 2024 | wgnradio.com | Steve Ruxton

John Rogers Jr. grew up in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. He got interested in money and investing at the tender age of 12 when his father gave him some dividend-paying stock. Rogers received a degree in economics from Princeton University, where he was also captain of the varsity basketball team. He went on to found what is now Chicago-based Ariel Investments in 1983. Over the last 40 years it has become the country's largest minority-run mutual fund company.