Todd C. Ahlsten
Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager
Todd Ahlsten is the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Equity Income Fund.
He joined Parnassus Investments in 1995 as a Research Analyst and was previously a Parnassus research
intern. In 1998, Mr. Ahlsten was promoted to Director of Research and subsequently became Portfolio
Manager of the Parnassus Equity Income Fund in 2001. He became Chief Investment Officer in 2008.
Mr. Ahlsten received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California,
Berkeley with an emphasis in finance and accounting.