Jeffrey Gundlach

Who is Jeffrey Gundlach?

Jeffrey Gundlach is the founder of Doubleline Capital, an investment firm. He was formerly the head of the $9.3 billion TCW Total Return Bond Fund, where he finished in the top 2% of all funds invested in intermediate-term bonds for the 10 years that ended prior to his departure. He was fired by TCW in 2009. Barron's in a February 2011 cover story called him the "King of Bonds." He is a native of Amherst, New York and a graduate of Dartmouth College; he went to Yale University for a Ph.D. in theoretical mathematics before dropping out.

Jeffrey Gundlach founded Doubleline along with Philip Barach and 14 other members of Gundlach's senior staff from TCW. He was formerly co-manager of the $12 Billion TCW Total Return bond fund along with Philip Barach.

In 2012 he was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.