Wilson - Vanguard Large-cap Independent Trustee

VLCAX Fund  USD 117.17  1.42  1.23%   
Wilson is Fund Manager at Vanguard Large Cap Index
Mr. J. Lawrence Wilson is Independent Trustee of Vanguard Value. He Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. Director of Cummins Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corporationration Trustee of Vanderbilt University and of Culver Educational Foundation.
Age 69
Tenure 39 years
Phone800-662-7447

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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of large U.S. companies representing approximately the top 85 percent of the U.S. market capitalization. Vanguard Large is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Large Blend category and is part of Vanguard family.

Vanguard Large Cap Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Vanguard Large-cap's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Vanguard Large-cap 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 Large-cap's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Vanguard Large-cap'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 Large-cap's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
JoAnn Heisen, Independent Trustee
Kathryn Hyatt, Treasurer
Heidi Stam, Secretary
Emerson Fullwood, Independent Trustee
Alfred Rankin, Independent Trustee
Rajiv Gupta, Independent Trustee
Wilson, Independent Trustee
Thomas Higgins, CFO
Michael Johnson, Fund Manager
William McNabb, Chairman of the Board and Presidentident, CEO,
Amy Gutmann, Independent Trustee
Andre Perold, Independent Trustee

Vanguard Fund Performance Indicators

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