The firm was founded in August 2006 by William Cohen and Robert Simmons. After long careers as value investors in the institutional asset management business, Mssrs Cohen and Simmons set out to build a firm that provides high quality value investment management services built on the simple tenets of discipline, patience and focus. The firm’s investment philosophy is built on the belief that buying undervalued securities and then showing patience is key to producing consistently superior investment results over time. At Valara, we employ a highly disciplined investment process that combines a rigorous valuation assessment of each stock with fundamental research to identify and capture substantial long term return opportunities.