William Danoff
American businessman
About William Danoff
Born 1959. William Danoff is an American portfolio manager.
William Danoff (born 1959–60) is an American investment manager who is known for being a vice-president and portfolio manager of Fidelity Contrafund. For a time, the Contrafund was one of the largest managed stock or bond mutual funds run by one person.
Early life and education Danoff received a degree in history from Harvard in 1982 and an MBA from Wharton in 1986.
Career First joining Fidelity as an analyst in 1986, Danoff trained under Peter Lynch, who managed Fidelity's Magellan Fund in the 1970s.
Prior to the appointment of Weiner and Anolic, Contrafund was one of the largest sole-manager funds in the world.
As of 2025, Fidelity Contrafund holds $280billion in assets and is one of the largest actively-managed mutual funds.
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American businessman
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William Danoff was born in 1959.
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