About Us
Founded in 1996 by a team of entrepreneurial Georgetown students, Georgetown Collegiate Investors, LLC is the nation’s first and largest undergraduate student-run investment company. Operating similar to an investment club, shareholders pool their money together to invest in a portfolio of financial assets. Unlike a club, however, GCI is legally incorporated in the District of Columbia as a Limited Liability Company. GCI’s market capitalization currently exceeds $60,000, the majority of which is invested in a portfolio of equities. The returns on GCI’s stock portfolio have historically been quite impressive, outperforming such market indices as the S&P and the Dow, as well as many “professionally managed” mutual funds.
We fundamentally differ from other collegiate investment funds and stock-picking clubs in one crucial aspect: for each and every one of us, this is our own, hard-earned money being put to the true test of the market. The lessons we learn through our endeavors at GCI carry a far greater impact than a mere simulation, as every owner has a genuine stake in the decisions GCI makes. Indeed, this ownership mentality is one of GCI’s greatest “assets.”