General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 13, 2013
J. Jeffrey Auxier is President and Chief Executive Officer of Auxier Asset Management and the manager of the Auxier Focus Fund. Previously, he was a senior portfolio manager at Smith Barney. He graduated with honors from the University of Oregon with a degree in finance. Mr. Auxier and his family deliberately live far from the wilds of Wall Street, on a 108-acre farm just outside of Portland, Oregon, and just west of the end of the Oregon Trail. Profile
TWST: Tell us about Auxier and why you founded the firm.
Mr. Auxier: I entered the investment business back in 1982 with the Seattle-based firm Foster and Marshall. My passion was in