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Christopher P. Bloomstran, CFA , is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Semper Augustus Investments Group LLC. Chris has more than 20 years of investment experience with a value-driven approach to fundamental equity and industry research. At Semper Augustus, Chris directs all aspects of the firm's research and portfolio management effort.  Prior to forming Semper Augustus in 1998 - in the midst of the stock market and technology bubble - Chris was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at UMB Investment Advisors.  While at UMB Investment Advisors, Chris managed the Trust Investment offices in St. Louis and Denver. Among his investment duties at the firm, he managed the Scout Balanced Fund from the fund's inception in 1995 until 1998, when he left to start Semper Augustus.

Chris's firm: https://www.semperaugustus.com/

Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisbloomstran

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Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®.

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Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer.