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Austin Root is the chief investment officer of Stansberry Asset Management, where he oversees the development and management of investment strategies across all firm portfolios. Before joining SAM, he served as director of research at Stansberry Research and portfolio manager for Stansberry Portfolio Solutions.

Mr. Root previously co-founded North Oak Capital, a New York-based hedge fund backed by Julian Robertson and Tiger Management. He has also held senior investment roles at SAC Capital Advisors and D.F. Dent & Company and began his career at The Blackstone Group. Austin holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.