Kent is a portfolio manager for the Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) Compass Equity team. Kent started in the securities industry in 1985 as an equity analyst for A.G. Edwards.

Prior to assuming his current duties in 2015, he had research responsibility for the firm's DSIP list and the industrial and utilities sectors.

He received his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Northwestern University and his master in business administration with a concentration in finance from Washington University.

Kent has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®)designation, is a member of the CFA Institute, and the St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts.