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.