John T. Connor, Jr. is the founder and portfolio manager of the Third Millennium Russia Fund (TMRFX), a U.S., S.E.C.-registered mutual fund focusing on the equities of public companies in Russiaand other CIS countries. In 2003 and 2006, he was ranked No.1 Portfolio Manager in the U.S.by the annual Barron's/Value Line survey. In 2004, the Wall Street Journal ranked him as the fifth best Overall Fund Manager in the U.S. He is the author of Out of the Red, Investment and Capitalism in Russia  (John Wiley & Sons 2008). He has been the Featured Guest onLouis Rukeyser's Wall Street and has appeared frequently on CNBC, Bloomberg and other business programs. He was the founding President of the Russian internet company, Mail.ru. In recent years, in Russia, he has participated in the Valdai Discussion Club, the RAND Business Leaders Group, theSilicon Valleydelegation and the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Trained at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, he was a partner in various law firms and General Counsel and Member, Management Committee, at PHH Corp. (NYSE) for eight years. He served on the Board of Micros Systems, Inc. (NASD) and Chairman of its Audit Committee for ten years. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College, he received his JD from Harvard Law School. He taught at Ferguson College in Pune, India on a Fulbright grant and worked for the UNDP in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations based in New York City and was a member of the American Law Institute. In 2008, he was an elected delegate to a presidential nominating convention.