Keith Anderson serves as Chief Investment Officer for Soros Fund Management, LLC and its principal entity the Quantum Fund. In this role, Keith oversees all investment activities and investment professionals of Soros Fund Management, LLC. Prior to joining Soros Fund Management in February of 2008, Mr. Anderson was Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock, Inc., a $1.4 trillion asset management firm. Mr. Anderson was one of the founders of BlackRock in 1988 and spent twenty years at the firm.
Prior to founding BlackRock, Mr. Anderson was a Vice President in Fixed Income Research at The First Boston Corporation. From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Anderson was a portfolio manager at Criterion Investment Management Company.
Mr. Anderson serves as Chairman of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee which meets quarterly in Washington, DC with the Secretary and staff of the US Treasury to advise on the financing and management of the Federal debt.
Mr. Anderson currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Family Dynamics, a non-profit organization focusing on the prevention of child abuse and on the Boards of Rice University in Houston and The Brearley School in New York City. Additionally, Mr. Anderson is a member of The Economic Club of New York.
Mr. Anderson earned a BS degree in economics and finance from Nichols College in 1981, and an MBA degree in business administration from Rice University in 1983. Keith and his wife Peggy have four children and reside in New York City.