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Vanguard U.s. Growth Fund Admiral™ Shares (VWUAX)
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Vanguard US Growth Admiral
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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Vanguard U.s. Growth Fund Admiral™ Shares. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of VWUAX among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests mainly in large-capitalization stocks of U.S. companies considered to have above-average earnings growth potential and reasonable stock prices in comparison with expected earnings. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets will be invested in securities issued by U.S. companies. The manager uses multiple investment advisors. It is non-diversified.
Contact Information
Address
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern,PA 19355
United States
Malvern,PA 19355
United States
Phone
+1 8776627447
Web
www.vanguard.com
Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Slater | Deputy manager | 2015 | Now |
| Biography | Tom graduated BSc in Computer Science with Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh in 2000. He joined Baillie Gifford the same year and worked in the Developed Asia and UK Equity Teams before joining the Long Term Global Growth Team at the start of 2009. Tom became a Partner in the firm in 2012. Tom was appointed Joint Manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust in January 2015 having served as Deputy Manager for the previous five years. In 2015 Tom was appointed Head of the North American Equities Team and is a decision maker on Long Term Global Growth portfolios. Tom’s investment interest is focused on high growth companies both in listed equity markets and as an investor in private companies. | ||
| Gary Robinson | Portfolio Manager | 2015 | Now |
| Biography | Gary has been a member of the Global Stewardship Portfolio Construction Group since its inception in 2015 and is an Investment Manager in the US Equities Team. He graduated MBiochem in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in 2003 and joined Baillie Gifford the same year. He spent time working on our Japanese, UK and European Equity Teams before moving to the US Equities Team in 2008. Gary is a generalist investor but retains a special interest in the healthcare sector dating back to his undergraduate degree. Gary became a Partner of the firm in 2019. | ||
| Blair A. Boyer | Managing Director | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Blair Boyer is co-head of the large cap growth equity team and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager. He is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison's large cap growth equity portfolios. He joined Jennison in 1993 as an international equity analyst before assuming his current role as portfolio manager in 2003. Prior to that, he was with Bleichroeder managing international equity portfolios and at Verus Capital as a senior portfolio manager. Blair received a BA in economics from Bucknell University and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. | ||
| Kathleen A. McCarragher | Managing Director | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Kathleen McCarragher is the head of growth equity and a large cap growth equity portfolio manager. She is responsible for overseeing the investment process, strategy implementation, and risk management for Jennison's growth equity platform. Kathleen is also a member of the Jennison Management Team, ESG Investment Leadership Team, and Jennison Board of Directors. Before joining Jennison in 1998, she was a managing director and the director of large cap growth equities with Weiss, Peck & Greer. Prior to that, she was an investor with State Street Research & Management. Kathleen received a BBA, summa cum laude, in finance and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MBA from Harvard Business School. | ||
| Andrew J. Shilling | Senior Vice President | 2010 | Now |
| Biography | Andrew J. Shilling, CFA, Senior Vice President and Equity Portfolio Manager of Wellington Management. He has worked in investment management for Wellington Management since 1994, has managed investment portfolios since 2000. Education: B.A., Amherst College; M.B.A., Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. | ||
| Cesar Orosco | Portfolio Manager | 2021 | 2023 |
| Biography | CFA, Ph.D., Senior Portfolio Manager at Vanguard. He has been with Vanguard since April 2020, has worked in investment management since 2004, has managed investment portfolios since 2004, and has co-managed a portion of the Fund since February 2021. Education: B.S., Universidad de Lima; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. | ||
| Binbin Guo | Principal | 2019 | 2021 |
| Biography | Binbin Guo, Ph.D., Principal of Vanguard and head of the Alpha Equity Investment team within Vanguard’s Quantitative Equity Group. He oversees the active quantitative equity funds and separately managed equity accounts. He has been with Vanguard since 2007 and has co-managed a portion of the Fund since 2016. Education: B.S. and M.S., Tsinghua University, China; Ph.D. and M.Phil., Yale University. | ||
| James P. Stetler | Portfolio Manager | 2019 | 2021 |
| Biography | James P. Stetler, Principal of Vanguard. He has been with Vanguard since 1982, has worked in investment management since 1996, has managed investment portfolios since 2003, and has co-managed the Fund since 2012. Education: B.S., Susquehanna University; M.B.A., Saint Joseph’s University. | ||
| Billy Montana | Portfolio Manager | 2020 | 2021 |
| Biography | Billy Montana, Portfolio Manager at Jackson Square. He has worked in investment management since 2009, has managed investment portfolios since 2019, has been with Jackson Square since 2014, and has co-managed a portion of the Portfolio since December 2020. Education: B.A., Georgetown University. | ||
| Christopher M. Ericksen | Vice President | 2010 | 2021 |
| Biography | Christopher M. Ericksen, portfolio manager and analyst, joined Jackson Square Partners in April 2014. Previously, he was a vice president, portfolio manager and analyst at Delaware, and was a portfolio manager on its Focus Growth Equity team (2005 to 2014). Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager at Transamerica Investment Management. Before joining Transamerica in 2004, he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs in investment banking and investment management (1994 to 2004). | ||
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