Tsuyoshi (“Yoshi”) Ozaki Joins American Century Investments

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Tsuyoshi ("Yoshi") Ozaki, Ph.D. joined American Century Investments July 31 as a portfolio manager within its Disciplined Equity group. He co-manages the U.S. Disciplined Large Cap Growth (Disciplined Growth/NT Disciplined Growth), U.S. Disciplined Large Cap Long/Short (AC Alternatives Disciplined Long Short), and U.S. Utilities (Utilities) strategies, reporting to Vice President and Portfolio Manager Yulin Long, Ph.D., CFA.

"Yoshi is a seasoned investment professional who has demonstrated quantitative expertise as a portfolio manager and researcher," said Vinod Chandrashekaran, Ph.D., chief investment officer Disciplined Equity. "I'm delighted to welcome him to the team."

Ozaki, who has worked in the investment industry for more than 18 years, joined American Century from Axioma Inc., where he served as director and senior member of the Global Equity Analytics team, supporting the quantitative and portfolio analytic requirements of large, sophisticated quantitative asset managers and hedge funds. Previously, he served as executive director of MSCI Inc., was a senior quantitative researcher with Quantal International Inc., and served as a portfolio manager on the Japan Equity Market Neutral strategy for Algert Coldiron Investors LLC prior to that. He also held roles at MSCI Inc. and Moody's KMV.

Ozaki holds a bachelor's degree in biophysics from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Rockefeller University.

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments' 1,300 employees serve investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in New York; London; Hong Kong; Mountain View, Calif.; and Kansas City, Mo. Jonathan S. Thomas is president and chief executive officer, and Victor Zhang and David MacEwen serve as co-chief investment officers. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 40 percent of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization. The Institute owns more than 40 percent of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of nearly $1.3 billion since 2000. For more information about American Century Investments, visit www.americancentury.com.

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