Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager Primary Organization 
Alger
Gender Male
Investor Type
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Daniel C. Chung is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio
Manager of several Alger strategies. Dan joined Alger in 1994 and has 18 years of
investment experience. He was named Chief Investment Officer in September 2001,
President in 2003, and CEO in 2006. Dan graduated from Stanford University with B.A.
and B.S.
degrees, with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1984. He earned his J.D. magna
cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1987, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law
Review. After law school, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Justice Anthony M.
Kennedy, United States Supreme Court. He joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New
York City in 1989 and earned an L.L.M. from New York University. Dan is a CFA
charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. Throughout his tenure at Alger, Dan
has made numerous TV appearances, including CNBC’s “The Wall Street Journal with
Maria Bartiromo” and Bloomberg’s “Street Fighters.” Dan has also been featured and
quoted frequently in Barron’s, Financial Advisor, Forbes, Fortune, Investment News,
Smart Money, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
