Robert J. Sanborn ( born 1958 in Boston) is a fund manager, Senior Portfolio manager and managing member of Sanborn Kilcollin Partners, LLC an investment management firm started in 2001 with Thomas Eric Kilcollin, the former CEO of the Mercantile Exchange. The firm is based in Chicago and manages a private placement equity fund along with separately managed accounts. Mr. Sanborn manages the investments with his junior portfolio manager Joshua Mangoubi. Mr. Sanborn was the portfolio manager of The Oakmark Fund, the flagship mutual fund of Harris Associates L.P., from Oakmark’s launch in August 1991 through March 2000. [1] From 1983 to 1988 he was a security analyst and equity portfolio manager for the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System.
He holds a BA from Dartmouth College 1980 and an MBA from the University of Chicago 1983.