Jean-Marie Eveillard (born 1940) is a French international investor who currently serves as the senior investment adviser to First Eagle Funds.
Eveillard was born in Poitiers in 1940 and attended the École des Hautes Études Commerciales before entering the world of finance in 1962 with a position at the Société Générale.
[3][2][4][5] He remained in the position, managing the First Eagle Global, Overseas, Gold, and U.S. Value Funds, until December 31, 2004,[6] during which time he had become — according to Fortune magazine — "one of Wall Street's best value investors".
In 2003, Morningstar bestowed on Eveillard a "Fund Manager Lifetime Achievement Award", created to recognize "mutual fund managers who throughout their careers have delivered outstanding long-term performance, aligned their interests with shareholders, demonstrated the courage to differ from consensus, and shown the ability to adapt to changes in the industry.
[8] Eveillard is the William von Mueffling Professor of Professional Practice in the Finance and Economics division of Columbia Business School.