Christopher Sarofim

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Christopher Sarofim
Born
Christopher Binyon Sarofim

1963 [1]
NationalityAmerican
Education Princeton University [2]
OccupationFund manager
TitleDeputy chairman, Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Spouses
Valerie Biggs
​
(div. 2000)​
  • Courtney Lanier
Children3
Parent(s) Fayez Sarofim
Louisa Stude
Relatives Bob Lanier (father-in-law)
Phillip Sarofim (brother)

Christopher Binyon Sarofim (born 1963) is an American businessman and fund manager.

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He is the deputy chairman of Fayez Sarofim & Co, president of Sarofim International Management Company, and a director of the Sarofim Group. [3]

Early life

Christopher Sarofim is the eldest son of Fayez Sarofim and his first wife, Louisa Stude Sarofim. She is the daughter of Margaret and Herman Brown, the co-founder of Brown & Root. [4] [5]

Sarofim graduated from St. George's School in 1982, where he served on the board for 9 years. [6] [7] [8] Sarofim received a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University in 1986. [9] [10] [11]

Career

After graduating from Princeton, Sarofim worked in corporate finance for Goldman Sachs, and then joined Fayez Sarofim & Co. [9] [10] At Fayez Sarofim & Co., he worked as an Associate (August 1988 – June 1993), then a Senior Associate (June 1993 – October 1994), a Principal (October 1994 – September 1999), and Vice President (September 1999 – September 2010). [12]

Since 2010, he has been portfolio manager, vice chairman, and director of the company. [12] [8] He is a member of the firm's executive, finance, and investment committees, and president of their foreign advisory business, Sarofim International Management Company. [13] [14] He serves on the Board of Directors of Wood Partners, a privately held real estate development company, and Kemper Corporation, a publicly traded insurance company. [15] [16] [17]

Sarofim is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Brown Foundation, Inc and was on the board of the Texas Heart Institute. [18] He is also on the Advisory Committee of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, and serves on the UTHealth Development Board. [19] [20] He is the deputy chairman of Fayez Sarofim & Co. [9] He is the designated successor of Fayez Sarofim. [4]

Previously, Sarofim served on the board of directors of the Georgia O'Keeffe museum. [21] [22]

He and his wife, Courtney, were 2017 Community Champions, supporting Texas Children's Cancer Center's annual Celebration of Champions. [23] [24] They also support The Texan French Alliance for the Arts, and are both donors to the Houston Cinema Arts Society, and other organizations. [25] [26]

In May 2019, the Sarofims invested in New York based designer Adam Lippes. [27]

In August 2020, Sarofim was appointed to the Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees. [28]

Personal life

He was married to Valerie Biggs. They divorced in 2000. [4] They had a daughter together, who was later the subject of a custody battle.

Sarofim is married to Courtney Lanier, [29] daughter of Elyse and Bob Lanier, former mayor of Houston. Since 2010, she has been a partner at Sima Capital LLC, an alternative investments firm. [30] They have two children. [31]

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