Bernard Robert Horn

Mr. Bernard R.
Horn, Jr., is a President & Portfolio Manager at Polaris Capital Management LLC.
Mr. Horn founded Polaris in April 1995 to expand his existing client base dating to the early 1980s.
His 30 plus year track record exceeds most current competitors in length and has produced admirable risk-adjusted returns since inception.
Prior to founding Polaris Capital Management, Mr. Horn worked as a vice president and portfolio manager for Freedom Capital Management Corporation from 1990 to 1992.
Prior to Freedom, Mr. Horn worked at MDT Advisers, Inc. From 1980 to 1990, Mr. Horn was the principal and founder of Horn & Company, an investment counseling firm that specialized in global portfolio management for individuals, trusts, and tax qualified accounts.
In July 1989, he formed the Global Value Limited Partnership (predecessor to Polaris Global Value Fund – PGVFX) for the purpose of serving existing and new clients.
The Thrift Investors Limited Partnership was formed in 1986.
Mr. Horn was responsible for the formation, fund raising, administration, marketing, and management of both funds.
Mr. Horn is a graduate of Northeastern University (1978) with a B.S.
in business administration and holds a master’s of science degree in management (M.S.) from the Alfred P.
Sloan School of Management at M.I.T (1980).