James Foster
Net worth: 53 M $ as of 31/12/2025
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Currently, James C. Foster is Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (a subsidiary of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.). Mr. Foster is also on the board of Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. and MIT Sloan School of Management and Chairman for Institute of Contemporary Art, Member of American Bar Association and Member of Massachusetts Bar Association. James C. Foster previously occupied the position of President, General Counsel & VP-Administration at Charles River Biotechnical Services, Inc., Manager-Private Money at RiverSource Investments LLC, Vice President for Smith Barney, Inc. and Member-Visits Committee at The Museum of Fine Arts. He received an undergraduate degree from Lake Forest College, a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree from Boston University School of Law.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/05/2025 | 267,963 ( 0.54% ) | 53 M $ | 31/12/2025 |
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James Foster active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/01/1992 |
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides research models and laboratory animal support services | Chief Executive Officer | 01/04/1976 |
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management Functions as a College/University | Director/Board Member | - |
American Bar Association
American Bar Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides legal services | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as lawyers association | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Longwood Fund Management LLC
Longwood Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Longwood Fund invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on the healthcare sector. It participates in early stage capital transactions. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of James Foster
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures and distributes research tools for cell function and diseases | Director/Board Member | 01/02/2016 |
RiverSource Investments LLC
RiverSource Investments LLC RiverSource Investments combines macroeconomic, geopolitical analysis with fundamental research to identify the most promising investment opportunities across global regions, markets, sectors and stocks. Stocks are selected based on their ability to outperform in the context of the firm's economic outlook. Stocks are sold when there is a change in their fundamental characteristics and when they are no longer expected to outperform in the existing economic climate. All of RiverSource's strategies incorporate the use of both top-down and bottom-up analysis. The firm's equity strategies include: the RiverSource Contrarian 120/20 Strategy, the RiverSource Dividend Opportunity Strategy, the RiverSource Mid-Cap Growth Strategy, the RiverSource Mid-Cap Value Strategy, the RiverSource Opportunity Value Strategy, the RiverSource Value Strategy and the Seligman Small-Cap Value Strategy. Though not limited by sector, RiverSource tends to invest in the stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies in the finance, electronic technology, technology services and health technology sectors. The firm maintains a low turnover rate. The RiverSource Contrarian 120/20 strategy's structure allows for focus on opportunities without style confinement. It is a short portfolio that seeks to achieve efficient risk management and increased informational efficiency through investments in ETFs and index/basket securities combined with a long portfolio that seeks to generate total return. The RiverSource Dividend Opportunity strategy employs a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis that incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights with disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Mid-Cap Growth strategy seeks to achieve competitive risk-adjusted returns over full market cycles through investments in high-quality growth companies with solid fundamental strengths including proven management teams, sustainable franchises, earnings improvement, sufficient free cash flow and reasonable valuations. The RiverSource Mid-Cap Value strategy employs a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis that incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Opportunity Value strategy employs a disciplined contrarian investment approach that focuses on investments in the stocks of large-cap companies. The strategy is based on a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis which incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Value strategy employs a disciplined large-cap value contrarian investment approach that is based on collaborative analysis which incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The Seligman Small-Cap Value strategy seeks to generate competitive returns over a 3 to 5 year time horizon through investments in undervalued companies with improving fundamentals and market-caps of $3 billion or less. RiverSources' fixed-income strategies include: the RiverSource Bank Loan Strategy, the RiverSource Core Fixed-Income Aggregate Strategy, the RiverSource Core Plus Fixed-Income Aggregate Strategy, the RiverSource Currency Alpha Absolute Return Strategy, the RiverSource Global Aggregate Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Global Government Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Global Inflation Protected Securities Strategy, the Institutional High Yield Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Investment Grade Corporate Fixed-Income Strategy and the RiverSource US Inflation Protected Securities Strategy. The RiverSource Bank Loan strategy invests in a broadly diversified portfolio that seeks to maximize returns and minimize default risk over the long-run. The RiverSource Core Fixed-Income Aggregate strategy seeks to produce consistent excess returns over a client's benchmark within a risk-managed framework that is consistent with the client's objectives. The RiverSource Core Plus Fixed-Income Aggregate strategy seeks to produce excess returns over a client's benchmark within a risk-managed framework that is consistent with the client's objectives through investments that include high yield, non-dollar and emerging markets opportunities. The RiverSource Currency Alpha Absolute Return strategy seeks to achieve positive absolute returns in excess of the return on cash, with a low correlation to traditional asset classes. The RiverSource Global Aggregate Fixed-Income strategy seeks to generate alpha in a risk-controlled framework by focusing on multiple and uncorrelated sources of active risk. The RiverSource Global Government Fixed-Income strategy seeks to generate alpha in a risk-controlled framework by focusing on multiple and uncorrelated sources of active risk, through investments that focus on global government and government-related securities. The RiverSource Global Inflation Protected Securities strategy seeks to provide positive risk-adjusted returns relative to the benchmark by focusing on duration management, yield curve and country selection across global markets. RiverSource's Institutional High Yield Fixed-Income strategy seeks strong and consistent risk-adjusted returns with a focus on generating alpha and actively managing downside risk. The RiverSource Investment Grade Corporate Fixed-Income strategy seeks credit opportunities in the investment grade corporate bond market that can be exploited to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns. The strategy focuses on investments in securities with solid fundamental credit, a reasonable time horizon and the ability to withstand short-term volatility. The RiverSource US Inflation Protected Securities strategy seeks to provide positive risk-adjusted returns relative to the benchmark by focusing on duration management, yield curve and security selection in domestic markets. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/2000 |
The Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates arts museum | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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RiverSource Investments LLC
RiverSource Investments LLC RiverSource Investments combines macroeconomic, geopolitical analysis with fundamental research to identify the most promising investment opportunities across global regions, markets, sectors and stocks. Stocks are selected based on their ability to outperform in the context of the firm's economic outlook. Stocks are sold when there is a change in their fundamental characteristics and when they are no longer expected to outperform in the existing economic climate. All of RiverSource's strategies incorporate the use of both top-down and bottom-up analysis. The firm's equity strategies include: the RiverSource Contrarian 120/20 Strategy, the RiverSource Dividend Opportunity Strategy, the RiverSource Mid-Cap Growth Strategy, the RiverSource Mid-Cap Value Strategy, the RiverSource Opportunity Value Strategy, the RiverSource Value Strategy and the Seligman Small-Cap Value Strategy. Though not limited by sector, RiverSource tends to invest in the stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies in the finance, electronic technology, technology services and health technology sectors. The firm maintains a low turnover rate. The RiverSource Contrarian 120/20 strategy's structure allows for focus on opportunities without style confinement. It is a short portfolio that seeks to achieve efficient risk management and increased informational efficiency through investments in ETFs and index/basket securities combined with a long portfolio that seeks to generate total return. The RiverSource Dividend Opportunity strategy employs a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis that incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights with disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Mid-Cap Growth strategy seeks to achieve competitive risk-adjusted returns over full market cycles through investments in high-quality growth companies with solid fundamental strengths including proven management teams, sustainable franchises, earnings improvement, sufficient free cash flow and reasonable valuations. The RiverSource Mid-Cap Value strategy employs a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis that incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Opportunity Value strategy employs a disciplined contrarian investment approach that focuses on investments in the stocks of large-cap companies. The strategy is based on a disciplined contrarian approach that employs collaborative analysis which incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The RiverSource Value strategy employs a disciplined large-cap value contrarian investment approach that is based on collaborative analysis which incorporates intrinsic value and behavioral insights and disciplined risk management. The strategy seeks to provide competitive performance over the long-term. The Seligman Small-Cap Value strategy seeks to generate competitive returns over a 3 to 5 year time horizon through investments in undervalued companies with improving fundamentals and market-caps of $3 billion or less. RiverSources' fixed-income strategies include: the RiverSource Bank Loan Strategy, the RiverSource Core Fixed-Income Aggregate Strategy, the RiverSource Core Plus Fixed-Income Aggregate Strategy, the RiverSource Currency Alpha Absolute Return Strategy, the RiverSource Global Aggregate Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Global Government Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Global Inflation Protected Securities Strategy, the Institutional High Yield Fixed-Income Strategy, the RiverSource Investment Grade Corporate Fixed-Income Strategy and the RiverSource US Inflation Protected Securities Strategy. The RiverSource Bank Loan strategy invests in a broadly diversified portfolio that seeks to maximize returns and minimize default risk over the long-run. The RiverSource Core Fixed-Income Aggregate strategy seeks to produce consistent excess returns over a client's benchmark within a risk-managed framework that is consistent with the client's objectives. The RiverSource Core Plus Fixed-Income Aggregate strategy seeks to produce excess returns over a client's benchmark within a risk-managed framework that is consistent with the client's objectives through investments that include high yield, non-dollar and emerging markets opportunities. The RiverSource Currency Alpha Absolute Return strategy seeks to achieve positive absolute returns in excess of the return on cash, with a low correlation to traditional asset classes. The RiverSource Global Aggregate Fixed-Income strategy seeks to generate alpha in a risk-controlled framework by focusing on multiple and uncorrelated sources of active risk. The RiverSource Global Government Fixed-Income strategy seeks to generate alpha in a risk-controlled framework by focusing on multiple and uncorrelated sources of active risk, through investments that focus on global government and government-related securities. The RiverSource Global Inflation Protected Securities strategy seeks to provide positive risk-adjusted returns relative to the benchmark by focusing on duration management, yield curve and country selection across global markets. RiverSource's Institutional High Yield Fixed-Income strategy seeks strong and consistent risk-adjusted returns with a focus on generating alpha and actively managing downside risk. The RiverSource Investment Grade Corporate Fixed-Income strategy seeks credit opportunities in the investment grade corporate bond market that can be exploited to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns. The strategy focuses on investments in securities with solid fundamental credit, a reasonable time horizon and the ability to withstand short-term volatility. The RiverSource US Inflation Protected Securities strategy seeks to provide positive risk-adjusted returns relative to the benchmark by focusing on duration management, yield curve and security selection in domestic markets. | |
BioTransplant, Inc.
BioTransplant, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discover, develop and commercialize therapeutics, therapeutic devices & therapeutic regimens | Health Technology |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides laboratory testing and research services on a contract basis | Commercial Services |
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides research models and laboratory animal support services | Commercial Services |
Smith Barney, Inc.
Smith Barney, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Finance |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Functions as a College/University | Finance |
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
American Bar Association
American Bar Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides legal services | Commercial Services |
The Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates arts museum | Consumer Services |
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures and distributes research tools for cell function and diseases | Health Technology |
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as lawyers association | Commercial Services |
Titterington's Olde English Bake Shop, Ltd.
Titterington's Olde English Bake Shop, Ltd. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Supplies and distributes baked goods | Consumer Non-Durables |
Charles River Biotechnical Services, Inc. | |
Institute of Contemporary Art
Institute of Contemporary Art Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Operates as a museum featuring visual artists and performance | Consumer Services |
Longwood Fund Management LLC
Longwood Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Longwood Fund invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on the healthcare sector. It participates in early stage capital transactions. | Finance |
Boston University School of Law
Boston University School of Law Functions as a College/University | |
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management Functions as a College/University |
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