J. Jeffrey Auxier is President and Chief Executive Officer of Auxier Asset
Management LLC, and a Portfolio Manager with and founder of the Auxier Focus
Fund. In an era when the experience of many fund managers is just five years,
Mr. Auxier offers his clients a proven and seasoned perspective on the ever-
changing market. With over 25 years in portfolio management and research
analysis, he believes in the power of daily, grind-it-out research, independent
thinking and respect for his investors of all sizes. He began his lesson in
finance early at age 11 while mowing the lawn of Robert Pamplin Senior, the
former long-time CEO of Georgia Pacific and recipient of the World’s Top CEO
Award from Financial World. In 1981 Mr. Auxier graduated with honors from the
University of Oregon with a degree in Finance and an emphasis in Accounting. In
1982 he began his career at Foster Marshall-American Express (now Smith Barney)
in Portland, Oregon. He became a member of the Smith Barney Portfolio Management
Advisory Board, the Chairman’s Council from 1990 to 1996, Senior Vice President
of Investments and Senior Portfolio Management Director. In 1993 he was awarded
the Consulting Group Bob Dwyer Award, which honors the Portfolio Manager whose
“integrity, knowledge and commitment to discipline of investment management
exemplifies the highest standards.” Money magazine named Mr. Auxier its “All-
Star Broker” two years in a row (1997/1998). Fulfillment of Mr. Auxier’s
professional dream came when, in 1998, he left Smith Barney to start his own
investment advisory, Auxier Asset Management. Mr. Auxier and his family choose
to live far from the wilds of Wall Street, on a 108-acre, profitable farm just
outside of Portland, Oregon.
