Rajiv Gupta - Vanguard Dividend Independent Trustee

VDADX Fund  USD 48.01  0.09  0.19%   
Rajiv Gupta is Fund Manager at Vanguard Dividend Appreciation
Mr. Rajiv L. Gupta is Independent Trustee of Vanguard Funds. He is the Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. President of Rohm and Haas Co Board Member of the American Chemistry Council Director of Tyco International, Ltd. and Hewlett Packard Company Trustee of The Conference Board.
Age 72
Tenure 23 years
Phone800-662-7447

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The adviser employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that have a record of increasing dividends over time. Vanguard Dividend is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Large Blend category and is part of Vanguard family.

Vanguard Dividend Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Vanguard Dividend's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Vanguard Dividend inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Vanguard. The board's role is to monitor Vanguard Dividend's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Vanguard Dividend's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Vanguard Dividend's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
JoAnn Heisen, Independent Trustee
Kathryn Hyatt, Treasurer
Alfred Rankin, Independent Trustee
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Amy Gutmann, Independent Trustee
Joseph Loughrey, Trustee
Andre Perold, Independent Trustee
Heidi Stam, Secretary
Emerson Fullwood, Independent Trustee
Gerard OReilly, Fund Manager
Rajiv Gupta, Independent Trustee
Thomas Higgins, CFO
William McNabb, Chairman of the Board of Trustee and Presidentident, CEO

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