Team

Davis Advisors is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm founded in 1969.

Equity Research

Chris C. Davis

36 Years Industry Experience
35 Years at Davis Funds

Chris C. Davis joined Davis Advisors in 1989. He has more than 36 years experience in investment management and securities research. Mr. Davis is a Portfolio Manager for the Davis Large Cap and Financial Portfolios. He is a member of the research team for other Portfolios. Mr. Davis received his M.A. from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Danton G. Goei

28 Years Industry Experience
26 Years at Davis Funds

Danton Goei joined Davis Advisors in 1998. He is a Portfolio Manager for the Davis Large Cap, Global, and International Portfolios. He is a member of the research team for other Portfolios. Mr. Goei received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School. He was previously employed at Bain & Company, Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. and Citicorp. Mr. Goei speaks multiple languages and has lived in Europe, Asia and currently resides in New York City.

Dwight C. Blazin

29 Years Industry Experience
29 Years at Davis Funds

Dwight C. Blazin joined Davis Advisors in 1995. He was previously a consultant for IT Consulting and Systems Design. Mr. Blazin received his Ph.D. and M.A. from New York University and his B.A. from Brigham Young University.

Darin Prozes

20 Years Industry Experience
20 Years at Davis Funds

Darin Prozes joined Davis Advisors in 2004. He is a Portfolio Manager for the Davis Balanced Fund and a member of the research team for other Portfolios. He previously worked for the Parthenon Group, a strategy consulting firm. Mr. Prozes received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Pierce B.T. Crosbie

23 Years Industry Experience
16 Years at Davis Funds

Pierce Crosbie joined Davis Advisors in 2008. He is a Portfolio Manager for the financial portfolios and is a member of the research team for other portfolios. Previously, he worked at Davidson Kempner Capital Management and RBC Capital Markets. Mr. Crosbie received his B.A. from McGill University and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and is a CFA charter holder.

Edward Yen

18 Years Industry Experience
11 Years at Davis Funds

Edward Yen joined Davis Advisors in 2013. Prior to joining Davis, Mr. Yen worked at Dodge & Cox and Lehman Brothers. He holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Sobby Arora

20 Years Industry Experience
7 Years at Davis Funds

Sobby Arora, CFA, joined Davis Advisors in 2017. Previously, he worked at Federated Global Investment Management and ING Investment Management. Mr. Arora received his B.A. from Colgate University and his M.B.A. from The Stern School of Business and is a CFA charter holder.

Real-Estate Research

E Chandler Spears

30 Years Industry Experience
24 Years at Davis Funds

Chandler Spears joined Davis Advisors in 2000. He is a portfolio manager for the Davis Real Estate Fund. He brings to the Fund his perspective and experience from previously working in the real estate industry. Mr. Spears received his B.B.A. from James Madison University and his M.S. from the University of Virginia.

Andrew A. Davis

39 Years Industry Experience
32 Years at Davis Funds

Andrew A. Davis joined Davis Advisors in 1993. He has more than 25 years experience in investment management. He is a Portfolio Manager for the Davis Real Estate Fund. He was previously employed at PaineWebber, Inc., managing its convertible security research and closed-end bond fund research departments. Mr. Davis received his B.A. from Colby College.

Fixed Income Research

Creston A. King

39 Years Industry Experience
25 Years at Davis Funds

Creston A. King, CFA, joined Davis Advisors in 1999. He is the Portfolio Manager for the Davis Balanced Fund, Davis Government Bond Fund and Davis Government Money Market Fund. He also manages other government bond and money market funds advised by Davis Advisors. He was previously a trader, analyst and portfolio manager at U.S. Global Investors, Inc. where he managed various money market funds and bond funds. Mr. King received his B.A. from Duke University.