2023 GuruFocus™ Value Conference, Omaha

David Samra (Keynote Speaker)

N. David Samra is a managing director of Artisan Partners and founding partner of the Artisan Partners International Value Team. He is lead portfolio manager of the Artisan International Value Strategy, which he has managed since its inception in July 2002. Mr. Samra also was co-portfolio manager for the Global Value strategy from its inception in July 2007 through September 2018. Under Mr. Under Samra's leadership, the team was nominated six times for Morningstar, Inc. 's International-Stock Fund Manager of the Year award in the US and won the award in 2008 and 2013. The team was also named EAFE Equity Investment Manager of the Year in 2015 and 2016 by Institutional Investor.

Prior to joining Artisan Partners in May 2002, Mr. Samra was a portfolio manager and a senior analyst in international equities at Harris Associates LP from August 1997 through May 2002.

William Smead

William Smead is the founder and chairman of Smead Capital Management and created the firm's investment discipline. As Chief Investment Officer, he is the final decision maker for all investment decisions in the firm's domestic equity portfolios. He has over 42 years of experience in the investment industry. He started his career with Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1980.

Mr. Smead is regularly featured in the media, including CNBC and Bloomberg. He received a B.A. in Economics from Whitman College in 1980.

Brian Yacktman

Brian is the President and Chief Investment Officer of YCG, LLC which he founded in 2007 in Austin, TX. YCG is an active investment management firm that has seen assets grow from $1 million to over $1 billion as of December 31, 2022, while achieving market beating performance since its inception. YCG offers separate account management and is the adviser to the YCG Enhanced Fund.

Prior to starting YCG, Brian was an Associate at Yacktman Asset Management, the adviser to The Yacktman Funds. He joined them in 2004 from Brigham Young University where he graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Economics and an M.B.A with an emphasis in finance.

David Sather

David Sather is president of Sather Financial Group. Sather Financial was established in Victoria, Texas in 1999, manages more than $1 billion in individual accounts.

Mr. Sather received his BA in business from Texas Lutheran University and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

Jonathan Boyar

Jonathan Boyar is President of Boyar's Intrinsic Value Research LLC., an independent research boutique established in 1975 that counts some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, mutual funds and family offices as subscribers. He is also a portfolio manager at Boyar Asset Management Inc., which has been managing money utilizing a value oriented strategy since 1983.

David Rolfe

Mr. David Rolfe, CFA, is Chief Investment Officer of Wedgewood Partners, which manages total assets of $10.5 billion.

Mr. Rolfe's investment style centers around a concentrated portfolio of high quality investments. He has been a GuruFocus Premium Member since January 2008.

Robert Bierig

Robert Bierig has been a manager of the Oakmark Fund and the Oakmark Select Fund since 2022. He is also a portfolio manager and U.S. investment analyst at Harris Associates as well as a vice president of the Oakmark Funds.

He joined Harris Associates in 2012 after serving as managing principal at Amethyst Capital, managing director at GEICO Investments, investor at Frist Capital, investment analyst at ESL Investments and investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Alex Fitch

Alex Fitch has been a manager for the Oakmark Select Fund and the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund since 2022. He is also the director of U.S. research and an investment analyst at Harris Associates as well as a vice president of the Oamark Funds.

He started at Harris Associates in 2011 as a research associate. Prior to that, he was an analyst at UBS.

Elliott Savage

Elliott Savage is a Partner of YCG since 2012 and is a Portfolio Manager for the YCG Enhanced Fund since the inception of the fund.

Prior to joining YCG, Elliott was a senior analyst at Highside Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar long/short equity hedge fund located in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Highside in 2003, Elliott worked as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney in New York. Elliott joined Salomon Smith Barney from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols Scholar and graduated with distinction with B.A.'s in both Economics and Cognitive Science and a minor in Biology.

Charlie Tian, Ph.D.

Charlie Tian, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of GuruFocus.com in 2004. He is the author of "Invest Like a Guru", and of the value strategies and research tools on GuruFocus.com

Prior to GuruFocus, Dr. Tian was a scientist and an inventor. He is credited with more than 30 US patents.