Kimball joined First Eagle Investment Management as a senior research analyst in 2009, and he continues to be responsible for coverage of banks, financial services and holding companies.

Previously, he was chief investment officer at Corsair Funds, a multi-billion-dollar private equity fund spun off from J.P. Morgan. Kimball had begun his work at Corsair in 1994, when he joined J. P. Morgan as an associate in the Investment Banking Department’s private equity group. Kimball began his career in 1992 as a financial analyst at Lazard Frères & Co.

He received his BA from Yale University and his MBA from Harvard University.