Mr. Gross is a founder of PIMCO, managing director and co-CIO in the Newport Beach office. He has been associated with PIMCO for more than 38 years and oversees the management of more than $1 trillion of fixed income securities. He is the author of numerous articles on the bond market, as well as the book "Everything You’ve Heard About Investing is Wrong," published in 1997. He appears frequently in national publications and media. Among the awards he has received, Morningstar named Mr. Gross and his investment team Fixed Income Manager of the Decade for 2000-2009 and Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 1998, 2000, and 2007 (the first three-time recipient of Manager of the Year). In 2000, Mr. Gross received the Bond Market Association’s Distinguished Service Award. In 1996, he became the first portfolio manager inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society's hall of fame for his major contributions to the advancement of fixed income analysis and portfolio management. In a survey conducted by Pensions and Investments magazine in 1993, Mr. Gross was recognized by his peers as the most influential authority on the bond market in the U.S. He has 40 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University.