Ramin Arani

Ramin Arani had a 26 year career as a Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments where he worked since graduating from Tufts University with a BA in International Relations in 1992. Most recently Ramin was Fund Manager of the Fidelity Puritan Fund from February 2008 through September 2018 where the Fund achieved top 5% performance relative to Lipper and Morningstar Balanced Fund Peers over all key performance time periods. The Fund was a 5 star rated & Silver designated Fund according to Morningstar, under his management. Prior to the Puritan Fund, Ramin managed the Fidelity Trend Fund for 7 years, the Health Care Sector Fund in the late 90’s, and the Retail Select Fund in the mid-late ‘90’s. As a Fidelity research analyst from 1992-2000 Ramin covered the Aerospace & Defense, REIT, Retail, and Pharmaceutical industries. He has extensive investing experience in the Consumer Sector (media, luxury, retail, consumer products and services), Technology Sector, Healthcare Sector, Industrials, and Financials. As an investor in Private Companies for the past 10 years, Ramin has served on several Company Boards such as Legendary Pictures, Vice, Moda Operandi, Rent the Runway, the Void and Goop. Ramin has also personally been a founding partner and Board member of Rumble Boxing, ED by Ellen Degenres, and Girlgaze.

Currently, Ramin serves on the Boards of private Companies The Void (Since January 2019), Rumble (Since August 2019), Girlgaze (Since 5/2018), Sakara Life (Since 9/2019) and public Company LiveXLive (Since 1/2019). Ramin is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Vice, a position he has held since November 2019.

Among his philanthropic efforts, Ramin has served on the Boards of The College Foundation of the University of Virginia, The Nichols School, the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, Opportunity Network, Devereux Cleo Wallace, and Danny & Ron’s Rescue (dog rescue).

Ramin has three daughters, currently attending University of Virginia, Clemson University, and American Heritage High School. Ramin is an avid snowboarder, rock climber, runner, tennis player and an avid fan of American football, International Football and live music.