Gerry O'Reilly

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Gerry O'Reilly
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1964-07-01) 1 July 1964 (age 61)
Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Sport Middle-distance running

Gerald "Gerry" O'Reilly is an Irish Olympic middle-distance runner and principal portfolio manager of one of the world's largest mutual fund. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His time was a 3:43.23 in the first heat. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

O'Reilly is originally from Dunboyne, County Meath. [6] Growing up O'Reilly played soccer and GAA before concentrating on track at the age of sixteen. [7] He won the Irish Junior 1500 meter championships. [7]

College

In 1983 Villanova University offered O"Reilly a scholarship to run track. [7] He ran sub-4 minute miles on several occasions. [8] He graduated from Villanova in 1987 with a B.S. in economics. [9] [10] and was inducted into the Villanova varsity club Hall of Fame in 2009. [9]

Track & Field

He represented Ireland in the men's 1500 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Financial career

Gerald has worked at Vanguard since March 1992 and is now a Principal Portfolio Manager, overseeing over $800B in assets, including the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX) which is the third largest US mutual fund by assets under management. [11] In May 2025 O'Reilly became the new Chief Financial Officer for Civica. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sports Reference
  2. ↑ Sam McEntee continues Villanova's streak of Summer Olympians. (2016). SB Nation. 2016.
  3. ↑ 1500 Metres Men. 2nd IAAF World Cup Championships in Athletics. (2017).International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
  4. ↑ USA TODAY October 4, 1991, Friday, Final Edition. (search "O'Reilly" throughout this document).
  5. ↑ Litsky, Frank (18 May 1986). "Maree A Strong 2d in the 1,500". New York Times . Retrieved 28 July 2017. With 200 meters left, Gerry O'Reilly, a Villanova junior from Ireland, drove by him and beat [Maree] by 10 meters in 3 minutes 41.56 seconds, a meet record.
  6. ↑ "Meet Gerry O'Reilly — the Irish Olympian who now invests up to $3bn dollars a day". Business Post. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Going the Distance with the Vanguard of Vanguard, Gerry O'Reilly". Square Edge. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Vanguard's $2 Trillion Index Portfolios: Inside Look with Gerry O'Reilly". youtube. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Villanova University Varsity Club Hall of Fame". Villanova. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Gerry O'Reilly". Rosenblatt. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "This Basically Anonymous Fund Manager Oversees $800 Billion". www.bloomberg.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Civica appoints Gerry O'Reilly as new Chief Financial Officer". Civica. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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