John Rogers is the Founder of Ariel Investment, LLC, which he started in 1983. As of 2008, the firm had over $15.5 billion in assets under management. John manages Ariel's small and mid-cap institutional portfolios as well as the Ariel Fund (ARGFX) and Ariel Appreciation Fund (CAAPX). He is also a long-term Forbes columnist writing a column called 'Patient Investor.'