People

Jan van Eck

Jan van Eck

Formal First Name
Jan

Jan van Eck is the CEO of VanEck, a global investment manager with a long history of empowering investors with forward-looking, intelligently designed mutual funds and ETF solutions. He joined the firm in 1991 and its Executive Management Team in 1998.  Over the past two decades, he has focused on the firm's fund management joint venture in China, its hedge fund business and launching its ETF business in 2006. Jan is a renowned innovator, entrepreneur, and podcast enthusiast who has direct knowledge of today's markets. He has created strategic beta, tactical allocation, emerging markets, and commodity-related investment strategies in mutual fund, ETF, and institutional formats. He dedicates his time working on funds that help investors provide types of portfolio exposure that might be valuable in tomorrow's markets.

Professional Experience


Academic History

VANECK

  • Jan leads the firm in being one of the world's largest ETF sponsors offering ETFs globally across a variety of equity and fixed income asset classes.

  • Today, VanEck offers active and passive strategies with compelling exposures supported by well-designed investment processes.

  • The firm’s capabilities range from core investment opportunities to more specialized exposures to enhance portfolio diversification.


CURRENT APPOINTMENTS


HONORS & RECOGNITIONS


MEDIA & APPEARANCES