Damon Ficklin

Portfolio Manager-Equities at

Polen Capital Management LLC

Net worth: 5 M $ as of 2026-05-30

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Mr. Damon A. Ficklin is a Head of Team & Portfolio Manager at Polen Capital Management LLC.
He is responsible for leading the Large Company Growth team, maintaining the firm’s investment philosophy.
Mr. Ficklin also serves as Lead Portfolio Manager of Polen Capital and Co-Portfolio Manager of the firm's flagship Focus Growth Strategy.
He began his career at the firm in 2003, serving as Research Analyst.
He has over 23 years of industry experience.
Prior to joining Polen Capital in 2003, Mr. Ficklin spent one year working as an equity analyst with Morningstar and four years as a tax consultant to Fortune 500 companies with Price Waterhouse.
He serves on the Investment Committee to the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida.
He graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida with a B.S.
in Accounting, earned a M.S.
in Accounting from Appalachian State University, and earned an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
Polen Credit Opportunities Fund Polen Credit Opportunities Fund Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as an open-end investment fund -.--%	2024-12-30	576,177 ( -.--% )	5 M $	2026-05-30

Damon Ficklin active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Polen Capital Management LLC Polen Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polen Capital is a disciplined, bottom-up, concentrated equity investment manager. Their sole focus is high quality growth investments. They invest in companies with growing earnings driven by solid franchises, strong balance sheets, experienced management teams and leading products/services.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2003-09-30

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Former positions of Damon Ficklin

Companies	Position	End
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides auditing, assurance, consulting and tax & business consulting services	Corporate Officer/Principal	2000-07-31
MORNINGSTAR, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Polen Capital Management LLC Polen Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Polen Capital is a disciplined, bottom-up, concentrated equity investment manager. Their sole focus is high quality growth investments. They invest in companies with growing earnings driven by solid franchises, strong balance sheets, experienced management teams and leading products/services.	Finance
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides auditing, assurance, consulting and tax & business consulting services	Commercial Services
Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. Financial Publishing/ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a investment insights company that provides investment and wealth management & credit rating services	Commercial Services
Appalachian State University Appalachian State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of South Florida University of South Florida Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services