Margaret Patel

Margaret Patel has investment experience as an equity and fixed-income portfolio manager. She is the portfolio manager for the Wells Fargo Diversified Capital Builder Fund, the Wells Fargo High Yield Bond Fund, and the Large Cap Dividend Growth separately managed account strategy,and is co-manager of the Wells Fargo Diversified Income Builder Fund. Previously, Ms. Patel served as senior vice president and portfolio manager at Pioneer Investments, vice president and portfolio manager at Third Avenue Funds, and vice president and portfolio manager at Northstar Investment Management. For her extensive knowledge and expertise in the investment industry, Margie has been quoted regularly in financial publications, such as The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s. She is also a frequent guest on CNBC television, Bloomberg Business News, Reuters, and Bloomberg Radio. Ms. Patel has also appeared as a speaker and panelist at numerous investment seminars and investment professional events. Ms. Patel was twice nominated for Morningstar’s Fixed Income Manager of the Year and also named among the nation’s top-20 mutual fund managers in Market Masters by Kirk Kazanjian (2005), World Beaters by Citiwide Group (2004), and in The Mutual Fund Masters: A Revealing Look into the Minds and Strategies of Wall Street’s Best and Brightest by Bill Griffeth. Ms. Patel earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.