Vulcan Value Partners
Shelly Bridges has a diverse work history starting in 2005 at Ameriprise Financial Advisors. Shelly began as a Financial Advisor before transitioning into the role of Paraplanner in 2007. After working there for eight years, they joined Vulcan Value Partners in 2015 as an Operations Specialist. Shelly then progressed to become a Client Service Associate in November 2016 and was eventually promoted to Director of Communications in September 2019. Currently, they hold the position of Principal and Director of Communications at Vulcan Value Partners since January 2023.
Shelly Bridges began their education in 1997 at Jefferson County International Baccalaureate, where they studied without pursuing a degree until 1999. Shelly then attended Vestavia Hills High School from 1999 to 2001, but did not receive any specific degree or field of study. From 2001 to 2005, Shelly studied Finance at Auburn University Harbert College of Business, earning a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.
Vulcan Value Partners
Performance is Our Mission We are value investors—business analysts with a long-term time horizon focused on purchasing publicly traded companies that are competitively entrenched at significant discounts to our estimate of intrinsic worth. We believe performance is best achieved through disciplined commitment to our long-term investment philosophy by adhering to our core values. Our goal is to compound capital at real rates of return significantly in excess of inflation over our five-year time horizon. Believing that as owners and operators of the firm, our capital should be invested alongside our client partners, Vulcan employees have meaningful investments in Vulcan strategies. At Vulcan, all analysts are generalists, and the firm operates according to a flat hierarchy structure where portfolio decisions are consensus driven. Vulcan is a majority employee-owned firm. Vulcan Value Partners is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.