Donald Yacktman, Yacktman Asset Management

Mr. Yacktman is the President of Yacktman Asset Management and the co-manager of the Yacktman Fund and the Yacktman Focused Fund.  Don started the firm in 1992 after nearly 10 years as portfolio manager of the Selected American Shares Mutual Fund where he was named the 1991 Portfolio Manager of the Year by Morningstar.

Previous to running Selected American, he was at Stein Roe & Farnham, where he had been a portfolio manager since 1968. Mr. Yacktman holds a B.S. Magna Cum Laude in economics from The University of Utah and an MBA with distinction from Harvard University.