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# Steve Vannelli - Managing Director of GaveKal Capital
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/august-9th-with-steve-vannelli/
- Published: 2015-07-16T21:08:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:24.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Guests, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

Steven Vannelli is managing director of [GaveKal Capital](http://www.gavekalcapital.com/?ref=philmckinney.com) and portfolio manager of the GaveKal Knowledge Leaders Funds and ETFs. He oversees index creation. investment strategy, asset allocation, security selection and management of the investment team.

Steve leads development on GaveKal’s analysis of intangible capital, studying how it affects corporate profitability and wealth creation. His work is the core of GaveKal’s proprietary security selection models and indexes which are based on a novel approach to accounting for intangible capital.

Steve has been an equity analyst and portfolio manager for more than 20 years. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Denver and is a CFA charterholder.

Steve appeared in the [August 9th, 2015 broadcast](https://killerinnovations.com/?p=3533&ref=philmckinney.com)