October 23, 2009
Finance, Investing, Investment Banking
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The Chief Executive Officer of Wasatch Advisors, Jeff Cardon is actively involved with the Wasatch family of funds and has been the Portfolio Manager for the Wasatch Small Cap Growth portfolios since 1986. He joined Wasatch Advisors in 1980 and has spent his entire career in the field of investment management.
Jeff attended the University of Utah, graduating magna cum laude with a B.S. in Finance. He is a past president and current member of the Salt Lake City Society of Financial Analysts. Outside of the investment world, Jeff is active in philanthropy and enjoys skiing and golf.
January 12, 2009
Banking, Finance, Investing, Investment Banking
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Rob recently relocated to Salt Lake City and currently works as a portfolio manager for Ensign Peak Advisors. Prior to this, he worked in New York City for nearly 15 years for Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS across many responsibilities including proprietary trading and investing, research, structuring and investment banking. For a large part of his career, he focused on opportunities in the Emerging Markets and also in distressed debt. For the past several years he built and managed Credit Suisse’s special opportunity business which was responsible for proprietary investing across the capital structure. He is a CFA and graduate of the University of Utah.
November 9, 2008
Finance, Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Fred has personally built, bought and sold businesses in 11 countries. Fred has served as president and ceo for both public and privately-held companies including president and ceo of Key Tronic Corp. (computer hardware, $180 MM annual revenues), president of Alpnet, Inc. (computer software/services with offices in 12 countries) and president of VentureSum (venture capital). While based in London, Fred acquired and managed the integration of companies in 11 countries.
An astute individual, Fred has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune and Business Week. He has consulted with numerous businesses concerning financing, expansion and strategic planning. Fred is past president of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), past chairman of M&A Source, a Certified Business Fellow, and past president of ACG-Utah. Upon receiving his B.A. at Duke University, Fred was drafted by the NY Jets, but chose to pursue a business career.
