Austin G. Root

Mr. Austin G.
Root is a Chief Investment Officer at Stansberry Asset Management LLC.
Prior to joining SAM, Mr. Root was director of research at Stansberry Research where he managed and led Stanberry’s team of more than thirty analysts and editors producing world-class financial and investment research.
In addition, he was the portfolio manager for the company’s flagship portfolio products, Stansberry Portfolio Solutions.
Prior to joining Stansberry Research, Mr. Root was a partner and portfolio manager at D.F.
Dent & Co., a Baltimore-based investment advisor focused on owning high-quality growth companies.
Before that, he co-founded and ran North Oak Capital, a New York-based hedge fund that received a strategic investment from Julian Robertson and Tiger Management.
North Oak produced strong investment returns over the life of the firm, generating positive returns in each year and for every investor, exceeding hedge fund benchmarks.
He previously held senior investment positions as SAC Capital Advisors and Soros Fund Management.
Mr. Root has experience investing across asset classes, including public equities, derivatives, venture capital, private equity, real estate, and fixed-income securities.
He began his career in investment banking at the Blackstone Group.
He earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a BS in commerce from the University of Virginia.