Mr Frank E. Holmes | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
US Global Investors | United States

Frank Holmes is CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a registered investment adviser that manages U.S. mutual funds specializing in natural resources, emerging markets and global infrastructure. U.S. Global also manages the Meridian Global Gold and Resources Fund and the Meridian Global Energy and Resources Fund. U.S. Global’s funds have earned more than two dozen Lipper Fund Awards and certificates since 2000. The World Precious Minerals Fund was Lipper’s top-performing gold fund in 2009, the second time in four years that it has achieved that distinction. Mr. Holmes was named the 2006 mining fund manager of the year by Mining Journal, a leading publication for the global natural resources industry. He is also the co-author of the book “The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing.” Mr. Holmes is engaged in a number of international philanthropies. He is a member of the President’s Circle and on the investment committee of International Crisis Group, which works to resolve conflict around the world. He is also an advisor to the William J. Clinton Foundation on sustainable development in countries with resource-based economies. Before purchasing a controlling interest in U.S. Global Investors in 1989, Mr. Holmes worked as a research analyst, portfolio manager and managing director of corporate finance with a Canadian firm. He is a former president and chairman of the Toronto Society of the Investment Dealers Association, and he has served on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Listing Committee.