Steve Boothe is the head of Investment Grade and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He has lead portfolio management responsibilities for the Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond and US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Strategies. He is a member of the Sector Strategy Advisory Group, with a focus on global and U.S. investment-grade corporate bond portfolios. Steve is a co-president and cochair of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Corporate Income Fund; an executive vice president and Investment Advisory Committee chairman of the Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio; and a vice president and Investment Advisory Committee member of the Global Multi-Sector Bond, New Income, and Institutional International Disciplined Equity Funds. In addition, he is a vice president of the Institutional Income, International, Global, and China Evolution Equity Funds and an Investment Advisory Committee member of the Institutional Long Duration Credit, Dynamic Credit, and International Disciplined Equity Funds. Steve also is a member of the Fixed Income Steering, Global Trading, and Core/Core Plus Strategy Committees. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Steve’s investment experience began in 1997, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 1999, beginning as a credit research analyst covering the global telecommunications and technology industries in the Fixed Income Division. After that, he became an investment-grade corporate portfolio manager. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Steve was employed by Raymond James Financial as an associate.

Steve earned a B.A. in economics/mathematics from Columbia University. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Steve is a Series 7 and 63 registered representative.

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