Jerome L. Dodson
President, Portfolio Manager
Jerome Dodson is the Founder and President of Parnassus Investments. He is the lead
Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Fund and the Parnassus Small-Cap Fund and is
the Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Workplace Fund and the Parnassus Asia Fund. Prior
to founding Parnassus Investments in 1984, he served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Continental Savings of America from 1976 to 1982 where he started the
"Solar T-Bill" program to finance solar energy installations and also developed
innovative programs to finance low and moderate income housing. Mr. Dodson received
his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley
and his master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
Ryan S. Wilsey
Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst
Ryan Wilsey is a Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Small-Cap Fund and a Senior
Research Analyst. He joined Parnassus Investments in 2009 and was previously a Parnassus
research intern. He has been a professional investor in both public and private
equity since 2001. His prior experience includes work at Summit Partners, Greylock
Partners and Scout Capital. Before he began his investment career, he worked at
Opsware Inc., a software company that was later sold to Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Wilsey
graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in engineering
from Princeton University and received his master's degree in business administration
from Harvard Business School.