William Nygren is a Partner, Portfolio Manager and CIO – U.S. at Harris | Oakmark. He joined the firm in 1983 as an investment analyst and later served as its Director of U.S. Research. He has been a manager of the Oakmark Select Fund since 1996, the Oakmark Fund since 2000 and the Oakmark U.S. Large Cap ETF since 2024. William was a manager of the Oakmark Global Select Fund from 2006 to 2023. He served previously as an investment analyst at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. In addition, he has received numerous accolades over the course of his investment career, including Morningstar’s Domestic Stock Manager of the Year in 2001.
William holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Minnesota and a master of science in finance from the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Applied Security Analysis Program. He is a CFA® charterholder.