Jonathan Curtis

Jonathan Curtis is executive vice president and chief investment officer of Franklin Equity Group (FEG). Mr. Curtis has oversight of San Mateo and New York-based investment teams who manage equity and convertibles strategies, along with Franklin Equity Group's research and venture capital teams and other supporting functions. Franklin Equity Group offers in-depth expertise in managing global, U.S. and sector specific equity strategies across the style and market-capitalization spectrum. With its center of gravity residing in the innovation capital of the world, the team's strategies can offer unique insights into growth and innovation, in all its forms, across all sectors. Mr. Curtis is also the lead portfolio manager of Franklin Technology Fund.

Mr. Curtis has been active in the tech sector for more than 30 years, first as a software development and integration test engineer and now as an investor. Mr. Curtis joined the Franklin Equity Group in 2008 as an equity analyst covering the IT hardware and communications equipment sectors. He served as FEG's Director of Portfolio Management in 2022. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Curtis spent four years on the sell side researching the communications equipment sector. Before transitioning to the financial services industry, he was a software and systems engineer in the communications equipment sector.

Mr. Curtis holds an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.