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Harris | Oakmark

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106960

Filed as HARRIS | OAKMARK · Legal name Harris Associates LP

Harris | Oakmark is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1995, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026.

31 years
registered since 1995
$109,483,367,869
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
5
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Harris | Oakmark compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Harris | Oakmark reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Harris | Oakmark located?

Harris | Oakmark's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Harris | Oakmark registered with the SEC or a state?

Harris | Oakmark is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106960.

How much does Harris | Oakmark manage?

Harris | Oakmark reports $109,483,367,869 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Harris | Oakmark's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Harris | Oakmark: Regulatory assets under management: $103,634,289,492 in the October 2021 data and $109,483,367,869 in the October 2026 data, up 6%. Total employees: 200 in October 2021 and 221 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Harris | Oakmark serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,888); corporations or other businesses not listed above (203); charitable organizations (133).

Which custodians does Harris | Oakmark use?

Harris | Oakmark's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust Corporation and Pershing Advisor Solutions as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Harris | Oakmark report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.A(1) (felony conviction or plea in the past ten years), 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/106960

What changed in Harris | Oakmark's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$109,483,367,869

$109,483,367,869 as of October 2026, filing dated August 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $109,453,573,804.Non-discretionary: $29,794,065.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,888 Assets $7,199,953,306 (7%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 19 Assets $78,672,517,417 (72%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 30 Assets $9,036,888,897 (8%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 37 Assets $3,997,507,382 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 133 Assets $1,671,659,933 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $5,883,253,987 (5%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $25,469,291 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $584,265,249 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 203 Assets $2,411,852,407 (2%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Harris Associates LP
Also doing business as
HARRIS | OAKMARK
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 221. Performing investment advisory functions: 43.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

5 Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

  • 11.A(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$104B 2021 $124B 2022 $94.2B 2023 $101B 2024 $93.8B 2025 $109B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$109,483,367,869221August 4, 2026
October 2025$93,783,781,680217July 14, 2025
October 2024$101,246,680,842217July 25, 2024
October 2023$94,165,931,160207March 29, 2023
October 2022$123,824,988,444198September 28, 2022
October 2021$103,634,289,492200July 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $103,634,289,492 in the October 2021 data and $109,483,367,869 in the October 2026 data, up 6%.

Total employees: 200 in October 2021 and 221 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 46 to 43.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $93,783,781,680 to $109,483,367,869 (+17%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. March 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
harrisassoc.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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