Morningstar Appoints Michael Holt as Chief Financial Officer
Reporting to chief executive officer Kunal Kapoor, Holt will lead and oversee Morningstar’s global finance organization. He has served as Morningstar’s chief strategy officer for the past seven years and, in 2023, was also named president of the Research and Investments group, overseeing the 400-person team responsible for Morningstar’s rigorous, independent equity and managed investment analysis and ratings as well as portfolio construction for the company’s investment management capabilities.
“Mike is a proven strategist, analyst, and leader of high-performing teams,” Kapoor said. “Mike intensely focuses on value creation and draws a direct line from strategy to outcomes and financial accountability. His extensive operational knowledge of our firm and ability to partner across the business to support continued durable growth make him the right fit for our next CFO.”
Holt first joined Morningstar in 2008 as an equity analyst, and his strengths in assessing company value and competitive advantage earned him progressively more senior roles over the next six years. He led the global equity research team from 2014 to 2018 before he assumed the corporate strategy position, in which he played an important role in growing Morningstar’s revenue profile and set of capabilities through capital allocation and acquisitions.
“Morningstar is a great firm with a clear strategy, widening moat, and a unique culture rooted in empowering investor success,” Holt said. “We have a bright future, and I look forward to collaborating with our executive team and Board of Directors as we work to propel continued growth and value creation.”
Holt will continue to be based in the company’s
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