Ram Kolluri
Board of Directors
WithumSmith+Brown Global Assurance 

Ram serves as a member of the board of directors.  He is the President of Global Investment Management, Inc., serving as both Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Ram founded GIM in 1982 and presently manages approximately $150 million USD for high net worth individuals, pension plans, and trusts.

During the course of his career, Ram developed proprietary valuation models for the U.S.and international equity markets. He has gained considerable public and professional attention for the manner in which he has applied his highly successful quantitative research capabilities to portfolio management. He is consistently rated among top 250 wealth managers in the United States for the past ten years by leading financial magazines such as Barron’s, Worth, Medical Economics, and Bloomberg Wealth Manager.  Ram previously wrote the weekly column, “The Market View,” for the Trenton Times.  In addition, he widely quoted in the press including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Business Week, as well as in many other professional journals and news papers. Ram is often invited as a speaker and panelist at numerous professional meetings and has appeared on CNN, CNN/fn, CNBC, PBS, and Bloomberg Radio and Television.

Ram began his career with Wind & Wind CPA’s as an accountant. He then went to CBS, Inc. as a financial analyst.  He also worked for Merrill Lynch which he left to found Global Investment Management.

Ram holds a B.Sc in Mathematics from Andhra University in India and an M.B.A. in Finance from Pace University, New York, NY. He also holds certificates as a Chartered Accountant in India and a Certified Financial Planner from the College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. 

Ram has been involved in numerous other activities.  He served as president (1979 - 1981) and member of the Board of Trustees (2002 - Present) of The Mercer County Indian Cultural Association (currently known as the Indian Foundation of Metropolitan Princeton).  He is a Charter Member (1984 - 1994) & President (1994) of the Rotary Club of Princeton Corridor, Princeton NJ and was named the Paul Harris Fellow for community service. Ram is also the Founding President (1995 - 2003) & Chairman of the Board of trustees (2003 to present) of the Indian American Civic Forum.

Born in India, Ram migrated to USA in 1973 and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He lives in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.