William Coats is a control person of Kornitzer Capital Management and directly owns under 5% of it. William Coats holds a B.A. in English/Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Kornitzer Capital Management is an investment adviser based in Mission, KS, registered with the SEC since 1989. It provides investment management. Its clients include investment companies, high-net-worth individuals and individual clients. Its regulatory assets under management total $6.49 billion, as filed on 25 June 2026. Its fees, ownership and offices are on the firm’s profile.
Fred Coats is Chief Compliance Officer of Kornitzer Capital Management. He joined KCM in 2015. From 1993 to 2015, he was in private law practice, with focus areas including civil litigation, federal administrative law, and securities law arbitration and litigation.
- CRD
- 6500371
- Firm
- Kornitzer Capital Management · CRD 111087
- Role
- Chief Compliance Officer
- In role since
- May 2015 · 11 years
- Control person
- Yes
- Direct ownership
- Under 5%
- Firm headquarters
- Mission, KS
- Individual registration
- No current adviser record · SEC search
- Disciplinary history
- Not yet shown here · SEC record
- Firm bio
- kornitzercapitalmanagement.com
Where does William Coats work?
William Coats has been Chief Compliance Officer of Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. since May 2015, and is a control person of the firm.
How can I verify William Coats’ record?
William Coats’ role is listed on Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc.’s Form ADV, which the SEC’s adviser search (adviserinfo.sec.gov) publishes under the firm’s CRD 111087.





