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Founder, CEO & CIO, ARK Invest
Cathie Wood is the founder, chief executive and chief investment officer of ARK Invest, which she established in 2014 to focus on disruptive innovation. She previously worked in economics, equity research and portfolio management at Capital Group, Jennison Associates, Tupelo Capital and AllianceBernstein. Her research approach crosses sector boundaries, covering technologies including AI, robotics, energy storage, multiomics and blockchain.
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Cathie Wood is the founder, chief executive and chief investment officer of ARK Invest, which she established in 2014 to focus on disruptive innovation. She previously worked in economics, equity research and portfolio management at Capital Group, Jennison Associates, Tupelo Capital and AllianceBernstein. Her research approach crosses sector boundaries, covering technologies including AI, robotics, energy storage, multiomics and blockchain.
- Current role
- Founder, CEO and chief investment officer, ARK Invest
- Education
- University of Southern California — BS in finance and economics, 1981
- Known for
- Thematic investing in disruptive innovation
- Previously
- Capital Group; Jennison Associates; Tupelo Capital; AllianceBernstein
- Research coverage
- AI; robotics; energy storage; multiomics; blockchain
- Investment responsibility
- Ultimate responsibility for ARK investment decisions
Sources checked . Selected career background and milestones.
Career, in context.
Selected research, leadership and career milestones, newest first.
Introduces ARK’s Big Ideas 2026
ARK publishes the tenth edition of its flagship research report. Wood explains its focus on identifying technological change across areas including AI, robotics, energy, biology and blockchain.
Source: ARK Invest Europe ↗ARK relocates its headquarters to Florida
ARK’s company announcement sets November 1 as the effective date for its move from New York to St. Petersburg and describes plans for a regional innovation center.
Source: ARK Investment Management announcement ↗Launches the Duddy Innovation Institute
Wood launches an educational institute at Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles, her former school, with a program intended to encourage young women to explore innovation.
Source: ARK Educate ↗Receives a Women in Finance award
Wood receives Markets Media’s Women in Finance award for outstanding contribution, a career recognition listed by ARK alongside her research, portfolio-management and speaking background.
Source: ARK Educate ↗Establishes ARK Investment Management
Wood registers ARK as an investment adviser and builds a firm focused on disruptive innovation, developing its research philosophy across conventional sector and geographic boundaries.
Source: ARK Invest ↗Joins Alliance Capital
Wood joins Alliance Capital from Tupelo Capital Management. Her later work at the firm, subsequently named AllianceBernstein, includes leadership of global thematic investment strategies.
Source: ARK ETF Trust prospectus filed with SEC ↗Graduates from the University of Southern California
Wood earns a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics, graduating summa cum laude. Her subsequent career combines economic research, investment analysis and thematic portfolio management.
Source: ARK Invest ↗
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