Aaron Socker

Aaron Socker is a portfolio specialist for William Blair’s U.S. growth and core equity strategies. Before joining the firm in 2022, he spent six years as a portfolio specialist at Allspring Global Investments (formerly Wells Fargo Asset Management), where he covered emerging markets equity and U.S. core equity strategies. Before that, he spent five years as a research analyst at Allspring, where he covered U.S. small- and mid-cap companies across sectors. He began his career as an associate on Allspring’s U.S. growth equity team. Aaron received a B.S. in corporate finance from Marquette University, where he participated in the Applied Investment Management program.