Tortoise Wins the Race

Brian Kessens and his team at Tortoise MLP & Pipeline fund invest opportunistically in assets that span the energy-production cycle.

As a portfolio manager working in a Kansas City suburb, Brian Kessens is a long way from the battlefield, but he regularly draws on the lessons he learned during his four years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Top of the list: working on a tightknit team, connecting the dots of geopolitics, and keeping emotions at bay. “I learned what it’s like to feel triumph and agony on the same day,” says Kessens.
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