Mark Mobius

Most of the world's top ten fund managers, including Warren Buffett and George Soros, have retired, with only Mark Mobiles still trading. He is the Chairman of Templeton Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Franklin Templeton Fund Group, renowned for investing in emerging markets and hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the godfather of emerging markets. Mark Mobiles is currently the chairman of the Franklin Templeton Fund Group, a subsidiary of Templeton Asset Management, the world's largest listed fund management company, responsible for emerging market research and portfolio management. Mobiles manages approximately $20 billion in emerging market equity assets and is responsible for guiding Templeton's analysis teams in 15 emerging markets worldwide, as well as managing emerging market investment portfolios. He joined Templeton in 1987 as the CEO of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund. Mobiles has over 30 years of experience in emerging market investment and research, and is known as the godfather of emerging markets. In 2006, he was selected by Asian Financial Magazine as one of the 100 most influential figures in the world. In 2001, he was awarded the Best Emerging Market Fund Manager of the Year by International Monetary Market Magazine. In 1999, he was selected as one of the top 10 currency managers of the 20th century in a survey conducted by Carson Group. In 1998, he was awarded one of the top 10 global investment masters by Money in the United States. In 1997 In 1998, it was awarded the Best Global Fund Manager of the Year by Reuters, and in 1994, it was awarded the Best Fund Manager of the Year by CNBC Television Network in the United States. In 1993, it was awarded the Best Closed End Fund Manager of the Year by Morningstar in the United States, and so on. Mobiles has written a large number of works on emerging markets, including trading with China, investment guides for emerging markets, Mobiles' discussions on emerging markets, investment passports, and Mark Mobiles' autobiography. Mobiles has been appointed as co chair of the Investor Responsibility Working Group of the Global Corporate Governance Forum of the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He obtained a bachelor's and master's degree from Boston University in the United States, and a doctoral degree in Economics and Political Science from MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.