John Rogers Jr. is chairman and CEO of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm he founded in 1983 to focus on undervalued small and medium-size companies. Previously, he worked as a stockbroker at William Blair & Co. Rogers' passion for investing started when he was 12 and his father bought him stocks as birthday and Christmas gifts. He sits on the boards of Aon Corp., Exelon and McDonald's. He is a director of the Chicago Urban League, a trustee of the University of Chicago and a member of the board of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Rogers was also co-chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009. Last year, he was appointed by President Obama as chairman of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability. Rogers' accolades include being named Mutual Fund Manager of the Year by Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance as well as an All-Star Mutual Fund Manager by USA Today. He majored in economics at Princeton University.

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