Brian Bares

Founder at

Nine Ten Capital Management LLC

51 year

Consumer Services

Finance

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Brian Timothy Bares was the founder of Bares Capital Management, Inc., founded in 2000, where the title held was Portfolio Manager & Research Analyst from 2000 to 2025.
Mr. Bares is the founder of Nine Ten Capital Management LLC, founded in 2014, holding the title of Member since 2023.
Former job includes Independent Director at Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. from 2017 to 2021.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska, conferred in 1995.

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Companies	Position	Start
Nine Ten Capital Management LLC Nine Ten Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nine Ten Capital is a long-term investor that seeks to identify value through bottom-up research, primary due diligence involving extensive use of consultants, industry contacts, customers, resellers and others who can provide insight into the working of the business. The firm typically invests in companies that are undiscovered, oversold, misunderstood, forgotten or deeply discounted.	Founder	01/03/2014

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Bares Capital Management, Inc. Bares Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BCM manages client accounts in long-only concentrated Small-Cap and Mid/Large-Cap equity strategies. In these strategies, they primarily invest in the equity of US publicly-traded companies. The firm identifies candidates for investment using fundamental research. Their research style is most often considered bottom-up, in that they focus on the individual company more than the general state of the economy or overall price to value ratio of the equity markets. BCM’s primary focus is on individual securities and their prospects over multiyear periods.	Founder	31/12/2025
RAVE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.	Director/Board Member	06/01/2021

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University of Nebraska University of Nebraska Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Bares Capital Management, Inc. Bares Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BCM manages client accounts in long-only concentrated Small-Cap and Mid/Large-Cap equity strategies. In these strategies, they primarily invest in the equity of US publicly-traded companies. The firm identifies candidates for investment using fundamental research. Their research style is most often considered bottom-up, in that they focus on the individual company more than the general state of the economy or overall price to value ratio of the equity markets. BCM’s primary focus is on individual securities and their prospects over multiyear periods.	Finance
Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. RestaurantsConsumer Services Operates and franchises restaurants	Consumer Services
Nine Ten Capital Management LLC Nine Ten Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nine Ten Capital is a long-term investor that seeks to identify value through bottom-up research, primary due diligence involving extensive use of consultants, industry contacts, customers, resellers and others who can provide insight into the working of the business. The firm typically invests in companies that are undiscovered, oversold, misunderstood, forgotten or deeply discounted.	Finance