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Fundamentals of investing: Embracing simplicity
Mike Gitlin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Suzman
Equity Portfolio Manager
May 5, 2025

In an era when too much information arrives at breakneck speed, simplicity has value. Equity portfolio manager and chair of Capital Research and Management Company Andrew Suzman sits down with Mike Gitlin for a discussion on the fundamentals of investing. Suzman explains how country-of-domicile may be obscuring the potential of great companies, how investors ignore valuation at their peril and why he still brings a calculator to meetings with management.


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Mike Gitlin is president and chief executive officer of Capital Group. He is also the chair of the Capital Group Management Committee. Mike has 31 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2024). He holds a bachelor's degree from Colgate University.

Andrew Suzman is chair of Capital Research and Management Company and is an equity portfolio manager with 31 years of investment industry experience (as of 12/31/2024). He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in political economy from Tulane University.

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