Total Return Bond Fund Management Team
- DoubleLine Capital LP was founded in 2009.
- The Total Return Bond Fund Portfolio Managers have worked together for nearly two decades.
Jeffrey Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital LP
Philip Barach, President, DoubleLine Capital LP
Jeffrey Gundlach, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital LP
Jeffrey Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer of DoubleLine. He is recognized as an expert1 in bonds and other debt-related investments. In 2011, he appeared on the cover of Barron's as "The New Bond King". In 2012, Bloomberg Markets magazine named him one of the "50 Most Influential". In 2013, Mr. Gundlach was named "Money Manager of the Year" by Institutional Investor. In 2015, Bloomberg Markets magazine again named him one of the "50 Most Influential". Mr. Gundlach is a graduate of Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, with degrees in Mathematics and Philosophy.
- Money News on May 26, 2011: Headline of the story: Bond Expert Gundlach: Housing Collapse to Spark Second Financial Meltdown. Morningstar on January 5, 2012: "...Jeffrey Gundlach, a high-profile fixed-income expert...”
Philip Barach, President, DoubleLine Capital LP
Mr. Barach is co-founder and President of DoubleLine Capital. Mr. Barach is a member of the DoubleLine Executive Committee. Prior to DoubleLine, Mr. Barach was Co-Founder and Group Managing Director of the TCW Mortgage Group where he spent over 23 years. He has over 32 years of fixed income investment experience. Before joining TCW, Mr. Barach was Senior Vice President of Chief Investments for Sun Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for the asset/liability management of the firm and oversight and management of the company's $5 billion investment portfolio. Previously, he served as Principal Fixed Income Officer for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest pension plan in the country. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing the fixed income portion of the fund which was 100% internally managed. He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received a BA in International Relations and an MBA in Finance.
