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Founders

John Anderson

John E. Anderson was founder of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. Mr. Anderson was a successful attorney, entrepreneur, and investor in financial-services businesses. The University of California, Los Angeles, named its business management school, The Anderson School at UCLA, after him. Mr. Anderson was a well-known philanthropist with a distinguished record of service to Southern California in the areas of education, health care, and cultural enrichment, including contributions to institutions such as UCLA, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Mr. Anderson earned a B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.B.A. from Harvard University, and a J.D. from the Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, the graduate school of law for Loyola Marymount University.

Richard Kayne

Richard Kayne is founder of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an analyst with Loeb Rhodes & Company in New York. Before forming Kayne Anderson Rudnick, Mr. Kayne was a principal of Cantor Fitzgerald & Company where he managed private accounts, a hedge fund, and a portion of firm capital. Mr. Kayne is a trustee and former Chairman of the Investment Committee of the UCLA Foundation and a trustee and co-chairman of the Investment Committee of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. He earned a B.S. in Statistics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Allan M. Rudnick

Allan M. Rudnick is founder of Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management. He began his career in the mid-1960s with Oppenheimer & Co. in New York, where he was a securities analyst and portfolio manager for the firm’s first small-mid cap mutual fund.  Before joining KAR in 1989, Mr. Rudnick was Chief Investment Officer for The Pilgrim Group, overseeing both equity and fixed income mutual funds. At Kayne Anderson Rudnick, he was Chief Investment Officer from 1989 to 2007, and Chairman from 2005-2007, after which he was named Chairman Emeritus. He is active in philanthropic and community activities.   He served as member of Cedars Sinai Investment Committee and as trustee of six mutual funds managed by First Pacific Advisors. Also, he was trustee of the closed-end investment company Source Capital, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He is a trustee of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and LA Leadership Academy Charter School, where he volunteered as instructor in financial literacy. Mr. Rudnick served on the Trinity College Board of Fellows. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.