Kenneth D. Kim

Kenneth D. Kim joined Polaris Capital Management, LLC as an Analyst in June 2016; he was promoted to Senior Investment Analyst in January 2021 and became an LLC member in January 2022. Mr. Kim collaborates with an experienced team of portfolio managers and analysts, all of whom are considered generalists, and perform fundamental analysis of potential investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Kim was an equity analyst at Off Wall Street Consulting Group Inc., an independent stock research firm. During his tenure at OWS, Mr. Kim conducted fundamental equity analysis on North American companies. He also worked at hedge fund firm Sirios Capital Management, where his research coverage extended to European companies across myriad sectors. Early in his career, Mr. Kim worked as a technology and M&A analyst at UBS Investment Bank and as an associate at management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Kim received his master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also holds a master’s in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.