Ryan Jacob is the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Jacob Asset Management, which he founded in 1999. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the firm, guiding his team in developing financial models, conducting market research and selecting stocks. He has served as the chief portfolio manager for the Jacob Internet Fund and Jacob Small Cap Growth Fund since both Funds’ inceptions in 1999 and 2010.

At age 29, Mr. Jacob was among the youngest individuals ever to launch a mutual fund – the Jacob Internet Fund. And for two decades Mr. Jacob has been at the forefront of technology investing, spanning a period that included one of history’s most profitable markets as well as the stunning crashes of 2002 and 2008.

A founding partner of Horizon Asset Management in 1994, a New York-based investment advisory firm, Mr. Jacob directed research and analysis for IPO Value Monitor during the period when Internet companies began to go public. In 1997 he took over portfolio management for The Internet Fund (currently Kinetics Internet Fund), one of the first funds focused on publicly-traded Internet companies, which he headed until 1999. From 1992-1994, he was an assistant portfolio manager at Banker’s Trust.

His philosophy embraces companies and industries that offer what he identifies as “game-changing” opportunities. In 2000, Crain’s New York Business named Mr. Jacob one of its “40 under 40,” stating “he stunned the investment world by turning the obscure Internet Fund into the top-performing mutual fund of 1998.” ii News, a publication of Institutional Investor, named him one of the Rising Stars of Mutual Funds in 2009.

Mr. Jacob is frequently quoted by the press for his insights into analyzing and assessing market opportunities for start-up companies as well as for established leaders across a broad mix of industries. He has appeared on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Fox Business and has been profiled in Barron’s and Forbes and interviewed by nearly every major online and print business publication including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Smart Money, Business Week and Fortune.