Stephen A. Burlingame

Before joining Poplar Forest in 2011, Steve spent seven years with Trust Company of the West serving as a research analyst, managing director, and co-portfolio manager of the firm’s Concentrated Core/Select Equities investment strategies. At the end of his tenure at TCW, Steve’s product group had assets in excess of $9 billion. He also spent a year with Brandywine Asset Management working as a research analyst on their Large Cap Value product.

Steve received a B.A. in Economics cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in 1999 and has held the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst since 2011.