Francis J. Alexander

Portfolio Manager



Francis J. Alexander

Jacob Wisdom Fund

Frank Alexander is Co-Portfolio Manager of both the Jacob Small Cap Growth Fund and Jacob Internet Fund. With over forty years of investment management experience,

Mr. Alexander employs a value-oriented investing style, maintaining a long-term perspective and looking for companies with an enduring competitive advantage and a history of high returns on invested capital. Today, Mr. Alexander assists in the day-to-day management of the Jacob Internet Fund and the Jacob Small Cap Growth Fund.

Mr. Alexander began his career managing funds for trusts, foundations and charitable institutions, which has continued since launching his own firm, Alexander Capital Management, in 1985.

As a partner at Kinetics Asset Management, he became the Chief Portfolio Manager of one of the first Internet funds (The Internet Fund, now Kinetics Internet Fund) at its inception in 1996. He continued as a portfolio manager assisting Ryan Jacob when Jacob assumed responsibility as Chief Portfolio Manager of the fund at the end of 1997.

Mr. Alexander was also a portfolio manager with Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co. Inc., from 1998 to 2002. Concurrently, in 1999, Mr. Alexander assisted Mr. Jacob in founding Jacob Asset Management and launching a new mutual fund – Jacob Internet Fund.



Ticker Fund Name Net Asset ($ M)*
FAGAX Jacob Wisdom Fund $ M
JSCGX Jacob Small Cap Growth Fund $ M
JAMFX Jacob Internet Fund $85 M


* Net Assets include for all classes



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