- Born
- Birth nameCatherine Elizabeth Duddy
- Catherine Wood was born on November 26, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseRobert Wood (divorced, 3 children)
- Founder and CEO of Ark Investment Management.
- She is a devout Christian and named her company Ark Invest after the Ark of the Covenant. She later invented the backronym "Active Research Knowledge".
- She received considerable media attention in February 2018 after she stated on CNBC that she believed the stock of Tesla Inc. could reach a price of $4,000 in five years, a 1,100% increase from its price at the time, and reiterated the claim in May 2019 after its price had fallen 29%. While Wood's statement was widely ridiculed at the time, Tesla's price reached her target on a split-adjusted basis two years early in January 2021.
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