Cathie Wood

Cathie Wood is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at ARK Investment Management LLC, which she founded in January 2014 after registering it as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As CIO and Portfolio Manager, she holds ultimate responsibility for investment decisions and led the development of ARK's philosophy and investment approach, focusing on disruptive innovation across areas including multiomic sequencing, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and blockchain technology.

Wood has been an active proponent of Bitcoin as an asset class, with ARK's first investment in Bitcoin dating back approximately ten years. She has publicly commented on Bitcoin's role during regional banking instability, the significance of the January 2024 launch of Bitcoin Spot ETFs, and the outlook for crypto markets in the context of Federal Reserve rate policy. Prior to founding ARK, she spent twelve years at AllianceBernstein as CIO of Global Thematic Strategies, where she managed over $5 billion. Before that, she co-founded Tupelo Capital Management, a hedge fund that managed approximately $800 million in global thematic strategies in 2000. She spent the preceding eighteen years at Jennison Associates LLC, where she held roles as Chief Economist, Equity Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager, and Director. She began her career at The Capital Group in Los Angeles as an Assistant Economist. Wood received a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, from the University of Southern California in 1981.