Michael Larson

Michael Larson is the Chief Investment Officer at Cascade Asset Management, where they lead the investment office and manage assets for Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. Since 2017, they have served as Chair of the Investment Committee at the University of Washington Investment Management Company (UWINCO) and have been actively involved on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including Ecolab, AutoNation, and Republic Services. Larson's extensive experience in investment management is backed by an MBA in Finance and Production Management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.