Bill Gross

Known as the original “Bond King,” Bill Gross retired from a more than four-decade career of active investing in 2019 to focus on managing his personal assets and philanthropy through the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation.

He cofounded Newport Beach, CA-based Pacific Investment Management Company (“PIMCO”) in 1971, where he oversaw the growth of the Total Return Fund into the world’s largest mutual fund, with assets as high as $293 billion at its peak. Firmwide, PIMCO reached assets under management of almost $2 trillion during Gross’s tenure as Chief Investment Officer. He joined Janus Henderson Group in 2014. He was named Morningstar Fixed Income Manager of the Decade for 2000 to 2009, and Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 1998, 2000 and 2007. Institutional Investor in 2011 named Gross the recipient of its Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award, writing: “With size comes influence, and few if any asset managers — bond or equity — have had a bigger impact on markets over the past decade than Bill Gross and PIMCO.”

As a philanthropist, Gross has donated in excess of $700 million to multiple educational, cultural, healthcare, and community organizations, and has pledged to donate the bulk of his wealth to charity.