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Chris Welch
CFA

Portfolio Manager


  • Industry start
    1995
  • Year joined
    2005

Chris Welch is a portfolio manager of the Small-Mid Cap and Midcap strategies at Diamond Hill, a First Eagle Investments Company. He became part of First Eagle in 2026 upon the firm's acquisition of Diamond Hill. Prior to joining the firm in December 2005, Chris was a portfolio manager with Fiduciary Trust Company International. Before that, he was a private investor. He was previously a portfolio manager and senior equity analyst for Nationwide Insurance. Chris earned BA in economics, summa cum laude, from Yale University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.