Anthony Rizza Managaing

ANTHONY RIZZA, Managaing Director and Portfolio Manager, joined Columbus
Circle Investors in June 1991. He currently manages the PIMCO Growth
Fund as well as CCI’s large cap separate account business. In 1994, Mr.
Rizza launched the PIMCO Innovation Fund which has been awarded a Five
Star rating from Morningstar rating services. Additionally, in 1998 the
Innovation Fund was named Fund of the Year by Mutual Fund Magazine. Mr.
Rizza previously worked with Connecticut National Bank as a Research
Officer. He received his B.S. degree in Business from the University of
Connecticut. Mr. Rizza is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of
the Hartford Society of Security Analysts.