Chris Grisanti

Chris Grisanti is Chief Equity Strategist, Chief Market Strategist, and Regional President at MAI Capital Management, based in New York. In these roles, he supervises MAI's proprietary equity portfolios, leads the portfolio management of the firm's Focused Equity and High Income Equity strategies, and provides firmwide equity market outlooks. His portfolio management emphasizes large-cap U.S. equities and high-quality dividend stocks, with additional allocation to fixed income for income generation and risk mitigation.

Grisanti’s investment approach centers on concentrated, long-term holdings informed by extensive fundamental research. He brings a focus on U.S. equities, particularly large-cap and high-dividend sectors, and maintains diversified sector exposures in client portfolios. In addition to his leadership at MAI, Grisanti serves as Lead Director for the Royce Funds, a family of mutual funds specializing in smaller-cap equities, and is a board member of several related investment trusts.

Prior to joining MAI in 2020 (via the firm’s acquisition of Grisanti Capital Management, which he founded in 1999), Grisanti was Director of Research at Spears Benzak Salomon & Farrell, where he led a team of analysts, and practiced law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in English Literature from Holy Cross, and is a CFA charterholder, reflecting his expertise in fundamental equity research, portfolio construction, and investment strategy.