Charles Clough Jr.

Charles Clough Jr. General Information

Biography

Mr. Charles Clough is the Founder and serves as Chairman, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Partner & Portfolio Manager of Clough Closed-End Funds & Clough Global Long/Short Fund at Clough Capital Partners. He is also a Trustee at Yawkey Foundation II. He has been active in the securities and investment business for over 55 years. Prior to founding Clough Capital, he served as the Chief Global Investment Strategist from 1987 through 1999 at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. During this time, he advised many of the world's top institutions and investors on portfolio strategy and was named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team for 12 years2. He earned a place as the top-ranked strategist on Wall Street on three separate occasions and has been consistently recognized as a top strategist in areas such as U.S. equities, global investments, and fixed income. Prior to his tenure at Merrill Lynch, he was Director of Investment Policy and Chief Strategist at Cowen & Co. Previously, he served as the Director of Research and a Portfolio Manager at the Boston Company, a Portfolio Manager at Colonial Management Associates, and a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for both Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Alliance Capital Management Company. He serves on the boards of a number of hospitals, as well as educational and charitable institutions, including his alma mater, Boston College. He graduated magna cum laude with a major in History and a minor in Economics from Boston College and earned an MBA at the University of Chicago. He has been a CFA® charter holder since 1979. He is an ordained permanent deacon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and serves in that capacity at his local parish in Concord, MA.