General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 5, 2026
Spencer Hackett is a Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. He is the firm’s Guardian Portfolio Manager of the Global Contrarian Fund (GPGCX), and a Portfolio Manager of the Grandeur Peak Global Micro Cap Fund (GPMCX). Mr. Hackett joined Grandeur Peak in 2012. His specialty focus is in Japan and South Korea; he is fluent in Japanese and previously lived in Japan. Mr. Hackett earned his Master of Science in Finance at the University of Utah, where he also earned a B.S. in International Studies with a business emphasis and minor in Japanese. Profile
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TWST: We spoke with you about 10 years ago, and the Global Micro Cap Fund was quite new at that point, so it’s nice to do an update with you now. But let’s start first
