General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 30, 2011

Global Value-oriented Investing – Kimball Brooker – First Eagle Investment Management

Brooker Jr., Kimball
Kimball Brooker Jr. is Deputy Head of the Global Value Team and a Portfolio Manager for the Global, Overseas and U.S. Value Funds at First Eagle Investment Management, LLC. In addition, he was named Portfolio Manager of the Global Income Builder Fund in 2016. Mr. Brooker joined First Eagle Investment Management, LLC in January 2009 as a senior research analyst covering banks, financial services and holding companies. Previously, he was the Chief Investment Officer of Corsair Capital. He began his career in 1992 as a financial analyst at Lazard Freres. In 1994, he joined J.P. Morgan as an associate in the Investment Banking Department’s Corsair private equity funds. He was named Chief Investment Officer of Corsair Capital and Managing Director in 2005. Mr. Brooker earned his B.A. from Yale University and his MBA from Harvard University. Profile
TWST: Please begin with a brief introduction to the First Eagle funds and tell us a bit about your role there.

Mr. Brooker: We have four funds at First Eagle that collectively account for about $44