Ken Gau is portfolio manager of Ivy Small Cap Core Fund and Ivy VIP Small Cap Core. He was named portfolio manager of the funds in 2014.

Mr. Gau joined the organization in 2000 as an equity investment analyst. He was appointed assistant vice president and joined the Small Cap Growth team as assistant portfolio manager in 2006.

He was named assistant portfolio manager of small cap growth institutional accounts in 2011. He was appointed vice president in 2009 and senior vice president in 2017. While in business school, Mr. Gau participated in Chase Manhattan Bank’s summer associate program.

Prior to returning for a graduate degree, he was an assistant treasurer at Bankers Trust Company.

Mr. Gau graduated from The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business Administration in 1994 with a BS in Finance. He earned an MBA from Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2000.