John Neff
Chief executive, chief investment officer and portfolio manager, Akre Capital Management
Co-manager of Akre Focus from 2014, lead manager from the end of 2020, sole manager since 27 September 2023 (after Chris Cerrone resigned). Manages the Akre Focus ETF (NYSE Arca: AKRE), which began trading on 27 October 2025 after the mutual fund converted.
Biography
John Neff began his career at Merrill Lynch in 1994, then worked at First Chicago NBD and spent about ten years in equity research at William Blair & Company, the last seven as a senior analyst. He joined Akre Capital Management in 2009 and has been a portfolio manager of the Akre funds since 2014; he is now the firm's chief executive and chief investment officer. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in English from Colgate University, and continues the firm's focus on a concentrated portfolio of long-term compounding businesses.
In their own words
Interviews and podcasts
Profiles
- John Neff – Akre Capital Management akrefund.com
- Akre Capital – Our Team akrefund.com
Akre Capital Management’s largest US holdings
- MastercardMA19.9%
- Moody'sMCO10.2%
- BrookfieldBN10.1%
- KKR & Co.KKR8.9%
- Fair IsaacFICO8.4%
- Roper TechnologiesROP7.8%
- VisaV7.4%
- CoStar GroupCSGP6.5%
- CopartCPRT4.4%
- O'Reilly AutomotiveORLY3.9%
Also at Akre Capital Management
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