Thomas Gayner
Markel Corp.
Thomas "Tom" Gayner is President and Chief Investment Officer of Markel Corporation. Mr. Gayner is a member of Markel’s three-member Office of the President. He oversees the investing activities for the company, as well as the Markel Ventures diverse industrial and service businesses.
Mr. Gayner joined Markel in 1990 to form Markel Gayner Asset Management which provided equity investment counsel for Markel Corporation as well as outside clients.
Prior to joining Markel, Mr. Gayner served as vice president of Davenport & Co of Virginia and as a Certified Public Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Mr. Gayner serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Davis Series Mutual Funds and on the boards of the Colfax Corporation, Graham Holdings, and Cable One. He is a trustee of The Community Foundation of Richmond, Bon Secours Health System, and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System.
He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and The Lawrenceville School.
Conferences:
- Fall 2015 - Oct. 20
- Spring 2010 - March 23
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Abrams, David - Abrams Capital, LLC
Ackman, William A. - Pershing Square Capital
Adams, John - Emeritus Professor of Geography, University College London
Aitken, James - Aitken Advisors, LLP
Akre, Chuck - Akre Capital Management
Alexander, Seth - MIT Investment Management Company
Anderson, Keith - Anderson Global Macro, LLC, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Arnott, Rob - Research Affiliates, Chairman
Aronson, Theodore - Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz
Aronstein, Michael C. - Preservation Group, LLC
Asness, Ph.D., Clifford S. - AQR Capital Management, LLC, Managing and Founding Principal
Avery, Dennis T. - Author
Ayer, James - Tiedemann/Ayer
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Banerji, Anirvan - Economic Cycle Research Institute
Bass, Kyle - Hayman Capital Management, Managing Member
Ben-Ur, David - Corbin Capital Partners
Berg, Gilchrist - Water Street Capital
Bernstein, William - Efficient Frontier Advisors
Bessent, Scott - Key Square Group
Bianco, James - Bianco Research, LLC
Bobrow, Barry - Wachovia Corp.
Bogle, John C. - The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Boland, John - Remnant Partners
Bonderman, David - TPG Capital
Bregman, Steven - Horizon Kinetics, President, Co-Founder
Bronstein, Keith - TradeLink, LLC
Brosens, Frank - Taconic Capital Partners
Burkank, John - Passport Capital, LLC
Burn, Christopher - Coxe Advisors, LLC
Byrd, Frank - Fielder Capital Group, LLC
Byrne, John J. (Jack) - White Mountains Insurance Group
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Cannell, J. Carlo - Cannell Capital Management
Cantor, Mitch - Mountain Lake Investment Management
Casares, Wences - Xapo
Chancellor, Edward - GMO
Chanos, James S. - Kynikos Associates, LP, Founder and Managing Partner
Chilton, Jr., Richard L. - Chilton Investment Co.
Chu, Charlene - Autonomous Research
Cochrane, John H. - The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Cohen, Martin - Cohen & Steers Capital Management
Cohodes, Marc - former managing partner of Copper River Management
Cole, Christopher - Artemis Capital Management
Cooperman, Leon - Omega Advisors, Inc.
Coxe, Don - Coxe Advisors, LLC
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D'Alessandro, David - CMDTY Capital Management, LP
Daniels, Francis - Anibok Investment Research Chambers
Derman, Emanuel - Columbia University & Prisma Capital Partners
Diamond, Bob - Atlas Merchant Capital, Founder and CEO
Dimon, Jamie - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Divecha, Arjun - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Dizard, John - The Financial Times
Doppstadt, Eric - Ford Foundation
Doyle, Mark - Sterling Grace Municpal
Druckenmiller, Stanley - Duquesne Family Office, LLC
Duffy, Kevin - Bearing Asset Management
Dunbar, Nicholas - Risk Magazine
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Egan, Sean - Egan-Jones Rating Co.
Einhorn, David - Greenlight Capital, Inc.
Eisman, Steven - FrontPoint Partners
El-Erian, Mohamed - Harvard Management Co.
Ely, Bert - Ely & Company, Inc.
Eveillard, Jean-Marie - Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisors, LLC - First Eagle Funds
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Falls, Amy - Rockefeller University
Farrell, Michael - Annaly Mortgage Management
Feldman, Robert C. - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ferrari, Ph.D., Leonard A. - Naval Posgraduate School
Fidalgo, Miguel - Triarii Capital Management, LP
Fieler, Sean - Equinox Partners, LP
Fisher, Peter R. - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Flatt, Bruce - Brookfield Asset Management
Fleckenstein, William - Fleckenstein Capital, Inc.
Flowers, J. Christopher - J.C. Flowers & Co.
Frey, Felix - Options Consulting Group, LLC
Fridson, CFA, Martin - Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors LLC, CIO
Friedman, Joshua - Canyon Partners, LLC
Friend, Robert - Recon Capital, LLC
Fuss, Daniel - Loomis, Sayles & Co.
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Galbraith, Steve - Herring Creek Capital Management, Managing Member
Gallagher, Thomas - ISI Group, Inc.
Gayner, Thomas - Markel Corp.
Gelernter, David - Yale University
Goehring, Leigh R. - Chilton Investment Co.
Goldstone, Larry - Thornburg Mortgage
Grant, James - Grant's Interest Rate Observer
Grantham, Jeremy - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Gray, Jonathan - Blackstone Group
Greenberg, Maurice - C.V. Starr and Company
Greenig, Ph.D., Douglas - Greenwich Capital Markets
Greenspan, Alan - Greenspan Associates
Greenwald, Bruce - Columbia Business School
Gross, Bill - Janus Capital
Gundlach, Jeffrey E. - Doubleline, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Gutfreund, John H. - Gutfreund & Company
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Hague, Ian - Firebird Management
Hall, Andrew - Phibro, Inc.
Harkins, Michael - Levy, Harkins & Co.
Hartnett, Michael - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Haskell, John - Explorador Capital Management
Hathaway, John - Tocqueville Asset Management
Hendry, Hugh - Eclectica Asset Management, CIO and Founder
Hess, Lisa W. - SkyTop Capital Management
Hill, Karl - Country Bank Co.
Hill, Charles L. - Thomson Financial
Hoisington, Van R. - Hoisington Investment Management
Hughes, John - Quantum Capital Management, LLC
Hunt, Lacy - Hoisington Investment Management Co.
Hyman, Ed - Evercore ISI
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Isaac, Paul J. - Arbiter Partners Capital Management
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Jacobs, Sy - JAM Partners, LP
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Kasriel, Paul L. - The Northern Trust Company
Katz, Michael - Glenrock Global Partners
Kelly, Mitchell - Anaconda Capital Management
Klarman, Seth - The Baupost Group, L.L.C., President and CEO
Klody, CFA, Mathew T. - MCN Capital Management, LLC, Managing Partner
Knapp, Robert - Ironsides Partners
Kovner, Bruce - Caxton Alternative Management
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La Nasa, III, Joseph - Serengeti Asset Management, Managing Partner
Lampert, Eddie - ESL Investments, Inc.
Landis, Kevin - Firsthand Capital Management
Langone, Ken - Invemed Associates
Lassonde, Pierre - Franco-Nevada Corp., Chairman
Lawler, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph - Merus Capital Partners
Leder, Michelle - Footnoted.com
Lehrman, Lewis E. - L.E. Lehrman & Co.
Leibowitz, Martin - Morgan Stanley, Managing Director
Levenson, Thomas - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of
Levenson, Carol - Gimme Credit Publications
Lewis, Hunter - Author
Lewitt, Michael - Harch Capital Management
Lipper, Steve - Royce & Associates
Lipton, Martin - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Litinsky, James H. - JHL Capital Group LLC
Lonski, John - Moody's Investors Service
Lukacs, John - Author
Lusman, Joel - Lusman Capital Management
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Marks, Howard S. - Oaktree Capital Management, LP
Martin, R. Brad - RBM Venture Company
Mayer, Martin - Author,
McEwen, Robert - Goldcorp, Inc.
Mikhailovich, Simon A. - Tocqueville Bullion Reserve
Mikuni, Akio - Mikuni & Co., Ltd.
Miller, William - Legg Mason Fund Adviser
Miller, Steven - Standard and Poor's
Millstein, Jim - Millstein & Co.
Mindich, Eric - Eton Park Capital Management
Mindich, Jeremy - Scopia Capital, LLC
Montier, James - GMO
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Ney, Keith - Carmignac
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O'Connor, Jerry - O'Connor Capital Partners
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Pan, Vivian - Hamlin Capital Management
Partnoy, Frank - University of San Diego
Paulson, John - Paulson & Co.
Peabody, Charles - Ventana Capital
Pellegrini, Paolo - PSQR Management, LLC
Pickens, T. Boone - BP Capital
Porter, Alex - Porter Felleman, Inc.
Price, Michael - MFP Investors
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Redleaf, Andy - Whitebox Advisors, LLC
Reik, Trey - Bristol Investment Partners, CIO
Richardson, Kennedy - Fidelity Investments
Rickards, James - JAC Capital Advisors, Partner
Robertson, Julian - Tiger Management Corp.
Rocha, Bruno - Dynamo Capital, LP
Rogers, James - Author
Rohatyn, Felix - Lazard, Ltd.
Rollert, Jeffery - ALM Advisors
Rosenberg, David - Gluskin Sheff & Associates
Rosenberg, Joe - Loews Corporation, Chief Investment Strategist
Rosenwald, James - Rosenwald Capital Management
Rowe, Frederick - Greenbrier Partners, Ltd.
Royce, Charles - Royce & Associates
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Sandor, Ph.D., Richard - Environmental Financial Products
Sarma, Karthik - SRS Investment Management
Saul, Bob - GMO Renewable Resources, Director Domestic Forestry Investments
Schiff, David - Schiff's Insurance Observer
Schwarzman, Stephen A. - Blackstone Group, Chairman and CEO
Senor, Dan - Elliott Management
Sherman, David - Cohanzick Management
Shilling, Ph.D., A. Gary - A. Gary Shilling & Co.
Simon, Jr., William E. - William E. Simon & Sons
Singer, Paul E. - Elliott Management Corp.
Smith, Randy - Alden Global Capital
Souza, Cristiano - Dynamo Capital, LP
Sprayregan, James - Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Stahl, Murray - Horizon Asset Management, Inc.
Stephens, Bret - The Wall Street Journal
Stevenson-Yang, Anne - J Capital Research
Stockman, David A. - Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1981-85
Succo, John - Alpha Investments of New York
Suria, Ravi - Duquesne Capital Mangement
Sussman, Donald - Paloma Partners
Swensen, David - CIO, Yale University
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Taleb, Nassim Nicholas - Empirica, LLC
Tarrant, Jeffrey - Protege Partners
Thiel, Peter - Clarium Capital
Thompson, Cullen - Bienville Capital Management
Thorn, Jon - India Capital Management
Tisch, James - Loews Corporation
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Volcker, Paul A. - Chariman Federal Reserve 1979 - 1987
Volent, Paula - Bowdoin College
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Wachenheim, III, Ed - Greenhaven Associates
Wadhwaney, Amit - Third Avenue Management
Walsh, Timothy M. - Division of Investments, State of New Jersey, Director
Walter, Carl E. - Author
Warsh, Kevin - Hoover Institution
Weiss, Adam - Scout Capital
Werner, Mark - Pierpont Securities, LLC
Whitman, Martin J. - Third Avenue Management
Whitney, Meredith - Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC
Wien, Byron - The Blackstone Group
Winters, David - Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
Wolf, Martin - Financial Times
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Xiaosheng, Chen - SYWG Research & Consulting, Co.
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Yoo, Simon - Green Visor Capital Management Company, LLC
Yusko, Mark W. - Morgan Creek Capital Management, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
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Zell, Sam - Equity Group Investments
Zelman, Ivy - Zelman & Associates
Zervos, David - Jefferies & Company
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