Bill Nasgovitz

For Bill Nasgovitz, value investing has been a life-long passion. Despite varying market conditions, the Founder, President and Portfolio Manager of Heartland Advisors, Inc., has remained dedicated to the strict value disciplines that have embodied the Firm’s core investment philosophy since it was founded in 1983.

Bill was instrumental in the development of Heartland’s proprietary 10 Principles of Value Investing™ that are the foundation for evaluating every security. His flagship Heartland Value Fund, built on these value parameters, has been highly regarded as an “outstanding portfolio” with “an impressive record” by Forbes and The New York Times.

A 40-year veteran of small-cap investing, Bill has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Money and Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. In an MSN Money article dated October 14, 2003, Bill was named one of the five "Best Fund Managers in the Business." He has also spoken at numerous conferences on the benefits of value investing.

Bill is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He is active in his community, serving on the board of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Endowment and Foundation trustee of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc. board, and is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization. Bill has been married for 40 years, is a father of four and grandfather of  three, and loves to play golf, tennis and garden.