Tim Guinness
Tim Guinness
"Change is exciting - it's an opportunity. You can see this opportunity in every area of the Guinness Atkinson Fund Family."
As founder and Chief Investment Officer of Guinness Atkinson Funds in the US and of Guinness Asset Management in the UK, Tim Guinness is a logic-based value investor with nearly 35 years of experience. He believes in hard work and discipline, subjecting stocks to a gauntlet of due diligence. His investment strategy, a draw not only for investors but also for those joining his team, involves a combination of crunching the numbers into a fine powder, constantly reviewing sectors and sub-sectors for profitability and growth potential, and staying sharply focused on the themes of global transformation and profound change.
Tim's investment strategy also involves riding his bicycle to work in the morning - demonstrating a passion for life that equals his love for numbers. In fact, he founded the company on the basic principal that investment opportunities could be enhanced by focusing on specific global themes that are changing our lives today and will continue to do so long into the future. Tim and co-founder Jim Atkinson have an ongoing contest to see who can generate the most enthusiasm. Soon they will have to take out warehouse space to store it all.
Trend not to be overlooked: Compounding growth in the developing world.
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Tim Guinness has served as Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of both Guinness Atkinson and Guinness Asset management since the firms were founded.
He founded Guinness Flight Global Asset Management Ltd in 1987 and was CEO or joint CEO from 1987 to 1999. Investec acquired Guinness Flight in 1998. from 1999 to 2003 he was Chairman of the company as it transitioned into Investec. Tim was a founding portfolio manager of the Global Equity Fund which was established in 1985 and began managing a Global Energy fund in 1998.
Tim graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in engineering. He then completed a Master's Degree in Management Science at the Sloan School M.I.T. in the United States.
