Chris Bloomstran

Mr. Christopher P.
Bloomstran, CFA, is a President at Semper Augustus Investments Group LLC.
He is also a Chief Investment Officer of the firm.
He has more than 20 years of investment experience with a value-driven approach to fundamental equity and industry research.
At Semper Augustus, he 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 - Mr. Bloomstran was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at UMB Investment Advisors.
While at UMB Investment Advisors, he 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.
He has served on the Board of Directors of the CFA Society of St. Louis.
Mr. Bloomstran received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he also played football.
He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1994.
He is a member of the CFA Society of St. Louis and of the CFA Institute.