Helen Young Hayes, CFA, (born July 11, 1962 in

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), is an investment fund manager best known for her success in running the Janus Worldwide Fund and Janus Overseas Fund. Prior to that she was a research associate at Fred Alger Management. She is a member of the Advisory Committee at Red Rocks Capital LLC. Hayes attended

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and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. In 2002 Hayes was promoted to oversee all Janus funds.

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analyst Russell Kinnell picked her as the analyst most similar to

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, and in 1997 she was named Mutual Fund Manager of the Year. She retired from Janus in 2003. Hayes now owns Activate Workforce Solutions, a company that mentors underutilized workers.

Personal life

In 1989, Hayes was aboard

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which crashed in

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. Her younger sister Claire ran the Janus Olympus Fund. As a hobby, Hayes runs triathlons.

References

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