About Us
Westport Asset Management was founded by Andrew J. Knuth in 1983 with singular focus on investing in small capitalization companies for institutional clients. Edmund H. Nicklin, Jr. joined the firm in 1997 from the Evergreen Funds where he served as the portfolio manager of the Evergreen Growth and Income Fund. The two Westport Funds and Westport Advisors, LLC (serves as the investment adviser to the Funds) were established in 1997.
Meet the Fund Managers
Andrew J. Knuth: Prior to founding Westport Asset Management, Inc. in 1983, Andy Knuth spent more than twenty years in security analysis and portfolio management. Andy was an organizing member of the Institutional Equity Group at Lazard Freres and Company LLC, and spent two years with the firm specializing in investment research. From 1969 to 1981 he was the Director of Research for Lieber & Company. From 1966 to 1969 Andy was a securities analyst for Vanden Broeck, Lieber & Company, and from 1962 to 1966 he was involved in equity and debt research and portfolio management with the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. Andy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Dickinson College and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from New York University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
 Edmund H. Nicklin, Jr.: Ed Nicklin joined Westport Asset Management, Inc. in August of 1997. Prior to joining the firm, Ed served as the portfolio manager of the Evergreen Growth and Income Fund from its inception on October 15, 1986 through August 22, 1997. In 1982 he joined the Evergreen Funds as a security analyst after having worked the previous two years at Alex Brown and Sons Inc. as a research assistant. He began his career as an associate in the Corporate Planning Department of General Foods Corp. where he was employed from 1974 through 1980. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, a Master's of Science in Management, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is also a Chartered Finanacial Analyst.
For more information on the Westport Funds management team, please see the "Management of the Funds" section of the Westport Fund's prospectus.
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