Our Founder and CEO

James Aldigé is the founder and CEO of Clio Asset Management. He maintains responsibility for all investment and operational activities.

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Prior to founding Clio in 2018, James was a co-founder of Ivy Road Partners. Ivy Road was a full-service investment office, providing endowment-style asset management for families and affiliated foundations. As one of three Managing Partners, James served as the Head of Public Investments. In this role, he designed and led all aspects of the firm’s public investment program, which included both third-party managers and a concentrated direct equity portfolio with similarities to Clio. He also assumed COO and CCO responsibilities which included building out extensive firm and fund infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and service provider oversight.

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Prior to co-founding Ivy Road, James spent seven years at Tiger Eye Capital, a fundamental long/short equity hedge fund based in New York with strategic backing from Julian Robertson and Tiger Management.  At Tiger Eye, James was a Partner and Managing Director and held primary responsibility for the fund’s investments in the tech/media/telecom, consumer/retail, and business services sectors.  During his time there, the fund grew its assets under management from c. $30 million to $2 billion. Prior to Tiger Eye, James was an investment banking associate in the London office of Merrill Lynch & Co. 

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James holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, as well as an MPhil with distinction in Economic History from Oxford University. He holds a BA with high distinction in Economics and History from the University of Virginia (UVA), where he was an Echols Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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James has served on several UVA-related boards and initiatives, including the Alumni Association Board of Managers, the Licensing & Venture Group Seed Fund advisory board, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation national selection committee, Madison House (student volunteer center), and as Vice Chair of the Jefferson Trust.

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James lives with his wife and three daughters in Charlottesville, Virginia.