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John Brown

Chief Investment Officer at River Road Asset Management

Firm officerUpdated

John Brown has been Chief Investment Officer of River Road Asset Management, LLC, a Louisville, KY investment adviser managing $9.85B, since February 2021.

5
Years in role
$9.85B
Firm AUM
112
Firm clients
22
Firm advisers

From Form ADV filed 31 March 2026Form ADV

Career

John Brown is a control person of River Road Asset Management and directly owns under 5% of it. John Brown holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Operations Research from United States Air Force Academy.

River Road Asset Management is an investment adviser based in Louisville, KY, registered with the SEC since 2005. It provides investment management. Its clients include investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Its regulatory assets under management total $9.85 billion, as filed on 31 March 2026. Its fees, ownership and offices are on the firm’s profile.

Alex Brown is Chief Investment Officer of River Road Asset Management. He is responsible for promoting investment process alignment across all strategies and leading the research and investment data management functions, and he is a supervising portfolio manager for the Focused Absolute Value portfolio. He joined River Road in 2010 and previously served as Director of Research for River Road.

Key facts

CRD
5191236
Firm
River Road Asset Management · CRD 134918
Role
Chief Investment Officer
In role since
February 2021 · 5 years
Control person
Yes
Direct ownership
Under 5%
Firm headquarters
Louisville, KY
Individual registration
No current adviser record · SEC search
Disciplinary history
Not yet shown here · SEC record

Common questions

Where does John Brown work?

John Brown has been Chief Investment Officer of River Road Asset Management, LLC since February 2021, and is a control person of the firm.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 31 March 2026

How can I verify John Brown’s record?

John Brown’s role is listed on River Road Asset Management, LLC’s Form ADV, which the SEC’s adviser search (adviserinfo.sec.gov) publishes under the firm’s CRD 134918.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 31 March 2026

Leadership at River Road Asset Management

Sources

  1. IAPD individual lookup, CRD 5191236, checked 21 October 2026. This profile uses the Form ADV officer listing; the individual lookup did not provide a current investment-adviser record.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of River Road Asset Management, LLC, filed 31 March 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.
  3. River Road Asset Management team page. Biography, education, credentials, awards and the portrait, reproduced for identification.