Mike is the founder (in 1982) and CEO of Brandywine Asset Management, a featured subject of three books, numerous interviews and articles, and the author of a best-selling investment book. Brandywine has invested significant amounts over the past four decades in research to develop proprietary investment strategies and manage client assets pursuant to several successful investment programs. All of Brandywine’s investment programs are characterized by their ability to provide uncorrelated diversified returns or by the protection they provide against bear markets. Mr. Dever has also been a great early identifier of investment talent, allocating capital to other investment managers that went on to great success.
In addition to Brandywine, Mr. Dever became an Internet pioneer when he founded Spree.com in 1996. Spree.com pioneered the use of viral and affiliate marketing to grow into the world’s 7th most trafficked ecommerce site by the fall of 1998.
He also co-founded InternetSeer.com, which became the world’s largest web site monitoring company and is the co-inventor on a patent related to web site monitoring. He was instrumental in selling the company to Landmark Communications (then the owner of The Weather Channel).
Mr. Dever holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation and has a B.S. in Business from West Chester University.
Fun Facts:
As a high school pole vault coach, Mike coached three state medalists, an All-American and the previous (2018) Pennsylvania all-time state record holder (17’)
Mike is an Eagle Scout, coach for Special Olympics and instrument-rated private pilot.
Mike’s proudest accomplishment has been raising three great boys with his wife Kim, a nurse with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Mitchell was the Pennsylvania State Special Olympics Ski Champion, Matthew is a graduate of Penn State and co-founder of Scrimmage, a sports marketing company. Matthew is also the Guinness Book World Record holder in the American football long snap (41.5 yards). And Charley is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and on active duty with the U.S. Navy.