Matthew T. Norris - Inducted in 2008
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Matthew T. Norris is a senior vice president of Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company and Ivy Investment Management Company. As director of equity research, he supervises the investment research and economics departments. Norris earned an MBA degree from UNO in 1992 and a BS in cellular biology in 1986 from the University of Kansas. Before joining Waddell & Reed Norris was affiliated with Advantus Capital Management Inc. in St. Paul, M.N., from 1997 to 2003. |
He joined Advantus as a growth analyst and was appointed as large cap value portfolio manager in 2000. Prior to joining Advantus, he was an equity analyst and portfolio manager for Norwest Investment Management Inc. from 1994 to 1997.
Norris joined Waddell & Reed as a portfolio manager in July 2003. He was appointed director of equity research in June 2005. He is portfolio manager of the large cap value institutional accounts, Waddell & Reed Advisors Value Fund, W&R Target Funds Value Portfolio, and Ivy Value Fund.
Norris is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Kansas City Society of Financial Analysts. He and his wife, Renee, married in 1991 and have two children.