Career
Klaas Cremers has been Director of Ariel Investments since July 2019. Klaas Cremers is a control person of the firm and directly owns under 5% of it. Klaas Cremers holds an Undergraduate and master’s degrees in Econometrics from Free University Amsterdam and a PhD in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business.
Ariel Investments, LLC is a Chicago, IL firm with $12.8B under management, 146 clients and 30 advisers across 3 offices, as of its July 2026 filing.
Martijn Cremers is the Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame and serves on Ariel Investments’ company board. He previously served on the faculty of Yale School of Management.
The IAPD individual lookup on 18 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.
Credentials and registrations
Individual registration and examination information for Klaas Cremers is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.
Officer record
- Full name
- Klaas Cremers
- CRD
- 7161579
- Record basis
- Form ADV officer listing
- Firm bio
- arielinvestments.com
Disciplinary history is not reported here, in either direction. Check the SEC record.
Common questions
Where does Klaas Cremers work?
Klaas Cremers has been Director of Ariel Investments, LLC since July 2019, and is a control person of the firm.
Leadership at Ariel Investments
- Carlos CalderonSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- Timothy FidlerExecutive Vice President, Director of Research
- Wendy FoxSenior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
- Mellody LucasCo-CEO, President and Director
- Kenneth KuhrtExecutive Vice President, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Domestic Equities
- Henry Mallari-d'auriaExecutive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Global & Emerging Markets Equities
- Emma Rodriguez-ayalaPresident, General Counsel
- Charles BobrinskoyVice Chairman
- Arne DuncanDirector
- Valerie JarrettDirector
- John RogersChairman, Co-CEO, Chief Investment Officer and Director
- Anthony RomeroDirector
- Judy SmithDirector
- David VitaleDirector
- Paula WolffDirector