Awards & Recognition
★Akre Focus Fund rated 5-star by Morningstar
★TipRanks ranking of 97.74% performance vs other asset managers
★Fund performed in top 1% of small/mid-cap growth funds in 2002, 2004, 2006
★Outperformed S&P 500 by 3.5 percentage points annually (2009-2020)
Notable Facts
→Founded Akre Capital Management in 1989, now managing ~$10.2 billion in assets
→Has Wikipedia page as Charles T. Akre
→Coined term 'compounding machines' for high-return businesses
→Created famous 'Three-Legged Stool' investment framework
→Early Berkshire Hathaway investor (1977) with framed letter from Warren Buffett
→Regular speaker at value investing conferences including Omaha Value Investor Conference
→Age 82-83, stepped down from active fund management but remains Chairman
→Influenced by Thomas Phelps' '100 to 1 in the Stock Market' book
→Known for concentrated portfolio approach with minimal turnover (3-5% annually)