Eddie C. Brown is founder and President of Brown Capital Management in Baltimore, one of the country’s oldest African-American owned investment management firms. He has more than 30 years of investment experience having served as a Vice President and portfolio manager for 10 years at T. Rowe Price Associates immediately prior to starting his own firm in 1983.
Eddie was a regular panelist for 25 years on the nationally televised program, Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street, formally Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. In 1996, Brown was the sole inductee into the Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser Hall of Fame. The show unfortunately ended as of December 31st of 2004.
Brown serves on the board of Municipal Mortgage Equity LLC. He is also a member of the Presidents’ Roundtable.
In 1998, the U.S. Secretary of Labor appointed Brown to the ERISA Advisory Council for a three-year term, in 1999 the Governor of Maryland appointed him to the Maryland Economic Development Commission and in 2002, the Mayor of Baltimore appointed him to the Board of the East Baltimore Development Corporation. This urban redevelopment project, in conjunction with The Johns Hopkins University, the City of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland, is the largest housing, commercial and life sciences initiative in the history of Baltimore.
In 2002, Brown and his family announced the creation of the Turning the Corner Achievement Program (TCAP), an unprecedented educational initiative for African-American middle school students in Baltimore. Managed jointly by Associated Black Charities and the Baltimore Community Foundation, TCAP will provide Baltimore’s middle school youth with a unique combination of educational and personal support to prepare them for success in high school and beyond.
In 2003, Eddie was voted Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the financial services category for the State of Maryland. In April of 2004, he was inducted into the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame. In 2005, both he and his wife were honored by the Arthritis Foundation for Lifetime Achievement Awards. In 2006, he was awarded by Maryland Life Magazine the Marylander of Distinction award. In addition, Ed was recognized as a Distinguished Alum by both Howard University and Kelley School of Business, Indiana University in 2002 and 1994, respectively.
Eddie Brown earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from New York University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University School of Business. Brown also has two professional designations: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Investment Counselor (CIC).
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