Founded in 1989, Orbis is a privately-held global investment firm managing long-only and absolute return strategies. Since the firm's inception, our purpose has been straightforward: to empower our cl...
Founded in 1989, Orbis is a privately-held global investment firm managing long-only and absolute return strategies. Since the firm's inception, our purpose has been straightforward: to empower our clients by enhancing their savings and wealth. We believe the best way we can do this is by applying our fundamental, long-term and contrarian investment philosophy, and we have structured our firm in a way that requires us to deliver meaningful value-for-money to our clients. Orbis manages approximately US$30 billion of assets that have been entrusted to us by institutions, families and individuals. It employs approximately 400 people in eight countries, who represent more than 35 nationalities, speak more than 15 languages and come from a wide range of educational and professional backgrounds. The firm's roots lie in South Africa, where our founder, Allan Gray, established Allan Gray Proprietary Limited in 1973 with the same investment philosophy. A controlling interest in Orbis is held by a charitable foundation established by our founder. This ownership structure allows the firm to remain privately owned in perpetuity, which we believe is critical in enabling us to make contrarian investment decisions and ensuring we have the freedom to focus entirely on acting in the best long-term interests of our clients. It also ensures the majority of the distributable profits of Orbis are ultimately devoted exclusively to philanthropy. For more information, please visit our website: www.orbis.com.