“To Stand Apart, You Must Stand Alone”
This has been the defining principle of my life so far as my life choices, decisions, career path, and investment techniques can simply be described by the world as ‘utterly unconventional!’ When the conventional wisdom surrounding investment is that ‘either’ you can have high returns ‘or’ you can settle for low risks, I became the inventor and the trailblazer of ‘unconventional’ investment techniques that are backed by revolutionary research methods and genuine investment strategies. In my book of investment guidelines, there is no place for ‘OR’ as I have become highly successful in combining both ‘high returns’ and ‘low risks.’
My first book, “Non-Consensus Investing: Being Right When Everyone Else Is Wrong” specifically talks about this contrarian approach to investing. The fundamental lesson that one can learn from this book is how you can be exponentially successful with your investment techniques if you choose to act differently but correctly, compared to your peers. More than volumes of information on investing, the book is filled with guides on how to implement your vast knowledge rather than simply keep adding to it.
As a woman of color, she comes under the esteemed bracket of 2% female portfolio managers who solely manage a mutual fund in the United States of America.
From 2020 to 2022, Rupal got featured in the Top 100 Women in US Finance by Barron’s for three consecutive years. In 2019, she got inducted into the prestigious Barron’s Investment Roundtable, which includes ‘10 of Wall Street’s Smartest Investors.’ In 2021, Barron’s featured her among the Top 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance. Forbes International Investment Report of 2009, gave her the title of a ‘Global Guru’and in 2015, she received the acclamation of ‘Global Contrarian’ from Barron’s.
“Unlike most kids, who grow up hearing fairy tales, I grew up on stock stories.”
– Rupal J. Bhansali
Rupal J. Bhansali is a first-generation immigrant who came to America in 1991.
She is the Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer at Ariel Investments International and Global Equity Strategies. Her responsibility includes overseeing the global research initiatives and efforts of the firm, including the management of portfolios that are worth multi-billion dollars. She also focuses on the telecommunications and financial sectors of the firm.
Before joining Ariel Investments, she was associated with MacKay Shields LLC, where she was the Senior Managing Director, Head of International Equities, and Portfolio Manager.
Besides her investment career, she travels around the world exploring new stories and opportunities to help women from every part of the world break conventional stereotypes and be the catalyst for change.
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