General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 23, 2009
Dave Young is the Founder and President of Paragon Wealth Management in Provo,
Utah. He started his career as an entrepreneur. He successfully started 12
businesses in the early 1980s after graduating from Brigham Young University. In
1986, he decided to sell his businesses and invest the proceeds, but he was
unable to find an investment company to meet his needs. As a result, later that
year he began managing his own portfolios. Mr. Young continued to research
methods for investing that would produce the most profitable returns. He
believed in his methods so much that he invested his life savings and started
Paragon Wealth Management. Over 23 years later, he continues to invest and
research ways he can improve his business to serve his clients better. His
methods have attracted national and local attention. He has been interviewed by
BusinessWeek, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, the Deseret Morning News and other
national and local media. He has also written articles for several magazines and
blogs. Profile
investment philosophy there?
Mr. Young: I started and sold several successful businesses in 1986. As a result
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