# ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC of CHICAGO, IL is an SEC-registered investment adviser.

## Registration

- CRD: 108211
- Type: SEC-registered investment adviser
- SEC file number: 801-18767
- Location: 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 2900, CHICAGO, IL, 60601-6505
- Phone: 312-726-0140
- Latest filing: 2026-07-28
- Regulatory AUM: $12.8B
- Discretionary AUM: $12.8B
- Clients: 109
- Accounts: 146

## Business model

- Compensation: % of AUM, Performance
- Clients served: High net worth, Pooled vehicles, Investment cos

## Officers, owners & control persons (65)

_Showing 25 of 65 people._

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Kellogg Bobrinskoy | VICE CHAIRMAN | Bloomington, IL |
| Schmitt Paul | SVP, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; VP, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER | Bethlehem, PA |
| Mellody Louise Hobson Lucas | CO-CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR; MEMBER OF ARIEL INVESTMENTS HOLDING COMPANY, LLC | — |
| Carlos Estuardo Calderon | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | — |
| Emma Leonor Rodriguez-Ayala | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY; PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL | — |
| John Washington Rogers | CHAIRMAN, CO-CEO, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER AND DIRECTOR; SHAREHOLDER; SHAREHOLDER IN ACMI, INC., A MEMBER OF ARIEL INVESTMENTS HOLDING COMPANY, LLC | — |
| Klaas Jan Cremers | DIRECTOR | — |
| Paula Wolff | DIRECTOR | — |
| Arne Starkey Duncan | DIRECTOR | — |
| Valerie Bowman Jarrett | DIRECTOR | — |
| Heather Elise Tookes | DIRECTOR | — |
| Fazal Farook Merchant | DIRECTOR | — |
| Anthony David Romero | DIRECTOR | — |
| Judy Arline Smith | DIRECTOR | — |
| David John Vitale | DIRECTOR | — |
| Wendy Devorah Fox | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| Timothy Robert Fidler | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH | — |
| Kenneth Edwin Kuhrt | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CO-CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, DOMESTIC EQUITIES | — |
| Henry S Mallari-D'Auria | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, GLOBAL & EMERGING MARKETS EQUITIES | — |
| BRUN LESLIE ADOLPHE | DIRECTOR | — |
| BHANSALI RUPAL JAYESH | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, INTERNATIONAL & GLOBAL EQUITIES, PORTFOLIO MANAGER | — |
| MCKISSACK ERIC TAYLOR | SVP, VICE CHAIRMAN & CO-CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | — |
| ROGERS JOHN WASHINGTON | CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER; CHAIRMAN, CO-CEO, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER AND DIRECTOR (+3 more) | — |
| HOBSON MELLODY LOUISE | CO-CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR; DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT | — |
| KOSIER MERRILLYN JEAN | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT; CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, MUTUAL FUNDS; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF MUTUAL FUND MARKETING; SVP, DIRECTOR OF MUTUAL FUND MARKETING | — |


## Related pages

- Form ADV Part 2 brochure: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/108211/brochure
- Similar advisers: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/108211/similar
- Related entities: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/108211/related
- SEC IAPD (source of record): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/108211

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