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Mark Mobius      

Founding Partner Partner at Mobius Capital Partners; Known as "The Godfather of Emerging Markets"

Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius was born to German and Puerto Rican parents in Hempstead, New York. He earned his B.A. and M.S. in Communications from Boston University, and received a Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1964. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin, University of New Mexico, and Kyoto University in Japan. His extensive career included working at a talent agency, teaching communications, and marketing Snoopy merchandise in Asia. He worked as a political consultant, a market researcher, and ran his own research business that branched into securities analysis. Later he went to work at Vickers-da-Costa, an international securities firm and became president of Mega International Investment Trust Company in Taipei, the first and biggest investment company in Taiwan.

In 1987, renowned value investor Sir John Templeton asked Mobius to run Templeton Emerging Markets, one of the first emerging markets funds in the world. Mobius stayed with Franklin Templeton Investments for over 30 years. In his three decades at Templeton, his research and visits to emerging economies all over the world gave him knowledge and expertise that served as his basis for perceptive and reliable insights. Some of which include correctly calling the 2009 bull market and investing in Africa ahead of others. Under the wing of Mobius, the Templeton Emerging Markets Group initially invested $100 million in only six markets, which until his departure had grown to over $40 billion in 70 countries. During his term, he witnessed revolutionary transformations in the emerging markets - those that were closed then to foreign investors have adopted market-based economies and countries have standardized their economic policies and become more sophisticated in handling their currency and economy.

In 2018, Mobius founded Mobius Capital Partners with his Templeton colleagues Carlos von Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny. The active investment manager focuses on one single and concentrated strategy centered around improving governance standards in emerging market companies. For Mobius Capital Partners, Mobius continues to trot the globe to meet with management teams all over the world in his quest to discover undervalued companies before others do. You can follow some of his travels in the blog section of this website.

Mobius is a key figure in developing international policy for emerging markets. In 1999, he was selected to serve on the World Bank's Global Corporate Governance Forum as a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group and as co-chairman of its Investor Responsibility Task Force. His work and expertise have earned him numerous industry awards, including most recently the Life Time Achievement Award in Asset Management (2017) Global Investor Magazine; 50 Most Influential People (2011) Bloomberg Markets Magazine; Africa Investor Index Series Awards (2010) African Investor; and the Top 100 Most Powerful and Influential People (2006) Asiamoney. He has authored several books including "Invest for Good" (together with Carlos von Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny), "The Little Book of Emerging Markets" (2012); "Passport to Profits" (1999/2012); "Mobius on Emerging Markets" (1996) and "The Investor's Guide to Emerging Markets" (1994). In 2007 he was featured in the comic book: "Mark Mobius - An Illustrated Biography."

News


India 'not quite yet' a buying opportunity, Mobius says
Valuations in India's equity markets are cheap but need to fall further to represent a buying opportunity, Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton ...
Mark Mobius' Thoughts On China And SE Asia In 2013 - Forbes
Mark Mobius of Templeton Asset Management is one of the most well-known global investors. He's been in the business for over 40 years now. He knows the  ...
Mark Mobius is not ready to retire - FT.com
Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton's legendary 76-year-old emerging markets manager, says he has no intention of following Fidelity's Anthony Bolton into ...
Mark Mobius: I Am Still Bullish on China
Leading emerging markets investor Mark Mobius on why he is still bullish on China.
Mark Mobius: China's Problems as Big as US Subprime
Mark Mobius told CNBC China's housing market problems won't lead to another Lehman-style crash.
Mark Mobius Tells Investors to Look East for Gains
Eastern European frontier markets like Romania offer the best value around, says investor guru Mark Mobius.

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