Don’t underestimate the future, knowledge is power
Data is the new oil, knowledge is power. We live in a deeply connected world, there are literally billions of devices that are now connected to the internet, collecting, processing and delivering information, putting it into the hands of decision makers. Across the world roughly 1.5 billion smartphones are sold per annum, which means there’s about four and a half billion out there in the hands of consumers and people working in corporates.
Gary Rollo is the Portfolio Manager of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund. Gary joined Montgomery in August 2019 after spending three years at MHOR Asset Management in Sydney as a Founder and Portfolio Manager. Prior to this, Gary was a Portfolio Manager at Renaissance Asset Manager in Sydney for six years. Before moving to Australia, Gary spent five years in London running Morgan Stanley’s Technology Sector Equity Research Team, as well as two years covering technology companies for JP Morgan.
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