About Focused Investors LLC
Focused Investors LLC (“Focused Investors”) was founded in 2006 and is owned and managed by
the firm’s managing members, Bruce G. Veaco and Nugroho (Dédé) Soeharto. Focused Investors
acts as the general partner and investment advisor to Focused Investors Fund LP (the “Fund”), a
pooled investment vehicle organized as a limited partnership. In addition, Focused Investors offers
its services as investment advisor to separately managed accounts for corporate and public
employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, trusts, and pooled investment vehicles.
Principal Owners (and Ownership %)
Bruce G. Veaco (75%) co-founded Focused Investors. Prior to Focused Investors, Bruce spent
nearly 20 years as part of the investment team at Pacific Financial Research (“PFR”) serving as a
Principal, Portfolio Manager, and Chief Financial Officer. While at PFR, Bruce also was part of
the portfolio management team that managed the Clipper and Clipper Focus funds. Bruce's
professional experience also includes five years as a Certified Public Accountant in the Los
Angeles office of Price Waterhouse where he was an Audit Manager.
Bruce graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA
degree in Economics and received his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
Nugroho (Dédé) Soeharto (25%) joined Focused Investors in March 2008. Prior to Focused
Investors, Dédé spent two years as a Partner at Saddle Peak Asset Management, LLC. In addition,
Dédé spent nearly 20 years as part of the investment team at Pacific Financial Research serving as
a Principal and Portfolio Manager. While at PFR, Dédé also was part of the portfolio management
team that managed the Clipper and Clipper Focus funds. Dédé's professional experience also
includes one year at the Bank of Boston.
Dédé received his BS degree in Chemistry from Bates College and his MBA degree from Babson
College.
Advisory Services Offered
Focused Investors specializes in managing fully invested, concentrated common stock portfolios
comprised of high quality, primarily U.S.-based large market capitalization companies whose
share
prices are selling at substantial discounts to Focused Investors’ estimates of the companies’
underlying “intrinsic values”. The investment objective of this approach is long-term capital
appreciation. This is the only investment advisory service that Focused Investors provides to its
clients. This investment advisory service is available either through separately managed accounts
that are available to larger clients or through limited partnership interests in the Fund for smaller
clients. However, separately managed accounts and the Fund are managed identically and hold the
same securities and portfolio weightings.
Focused Investors generally does not tailor its advisory services to the specific needs of individual
clients. Rather, clients seek out Focused Investors after determining through their own due
diligence that Focused Investors’ investment advisory services are consistent with the clients’
needs and investment objectives.
Separately managed account clients occasionally impose restrictions on Focused Investors’ ability
to invest in specific securities or types of securities. Because Focused Investors only invests in
common stocks, most restrictions on types of securities such as derivatives, private placements,
etc. have no effect on the portfolio. However, restrictions on specific securities such as those of
companies involved in certain activities that may be viewed as socially undesirable (e.g.,
manufacturing and marketing tobacco related products) by some clients may affect the portfolio.
If Focused Investors believes that a client’s restrictions will not result in significant differences
between its portfolio and our unrestricted client portfolios, Focused Investors will accept the client.
If Focused Investors believes the client’s restrictions will result in significant differences between
its portfolio and the unrestricted client portfolios, Focused Investors will not accept the client.
Focused Investors does not participate in any wrap fee programs.
Client Assets
As of December 31, 2023, Focused Investors managed $3,195,502,321 of client assets on a
discretionary basis and none on a non-discretionary basis.