Lewis A. Sanders

Lewis A. "Lew" Sanders is an American <a href="/facts/Investment_manager/DqdgDv2m">investment manager</a>, who is the founder, CEO and Co-CIO of Sanders Capital, a value-oriented investment manager serving institutional and <a href="/facts/High-net-worth_individual/3BX8BkHc">high-net-worth clients</a>. Formerly, he was the <a href="/facts/Chair_(official)/RS6EemFF">Chairman of the Board</a> and <a href="/facts/Chief_Executive_Officer/mg4A8y5M">Chief Executive Officer</a> of <a href="/facts/AllianceBernstein/IypFhkQ8">AllianceBernstein</a>. He left this position in December, 2008.
Sanders became AllianceBernstein's Chairman in January, 2005; he became CEO in July, 2003. He had been <a href="/facts/Vice_Chairman/RS6EemFF">Vice Chairman</a> and <a href="/facts/Chief_Investment_Officer/d5nYYXXz">CIO</a> since October, 2000.
Before the acquisition of <a href="/facts/Sanford_Bernstein/IypFhkQ8">Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.</a> by Alliance Capital in October, 2000, Sanders served for seven years as CEO of Sanford C. Bernstein. In his 32 years at Sanford C. Bernstein, he also served as president and <a href="/facts/Chief_Operating_Officer/2tbaQsmn">Chief Operating Officer</a>, with senior responsibility for all <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a> and <a href="/facts/Investment_management/DqdgDv2m">investment management</a> operations (1981–1993); Executive Vice President (1979–1981); and Research Director (1972–1981). Sanders joined Bernstein in 1968 as a Research Analyst, establishing credentials that would lead to his being named to the <a href="/facts/Institutional_Investor_(magazine)/QfJxGsNg">Institutional Investor</a> All-America Research team four times. As noted in his <a href="/facts/BusinessWeek/EsGLjcge">BusinessWeek</a> executive profile, during his 32-year tenure at Bernstein, "More than any other individual, he shaped the Bernstein approach to in-depth fundamental research and to disciplined, value investing implemented on a centralized basis."
Before joining Bernstein, Sanders worked at Oppenheimer & Co for two years as a <a href="/facts/Research_assistant/urYcFfyr">research assistant</a>. He holds a <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Science/9n3gvDf7">BS</a> in <a href="/facts/Operations_research/H5yJkV5n">operations research</a> from <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a> and a <a href="/facts/Chartered_Financial_Analyst/RtNjrD32">CFA</a> designation. Sanders serves as a <a href="/facts/Trustee/HILmJd9c">trustee</a> of The <a href="/facts/Rockefeller_University/aKJwezNa">Rockefeller University</a> board and on the board of <a href="/facts/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center/M9BVl8tB">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a>.

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Lewis A. Sanders