General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> April 7, 2003

C.browne/t.shrager/j.spears – Tweedy, Browne Company Llc

THOMAS SHRAGER is Managing Director of Tweedy, Browne Company LLC. He joined the Investment Adviser in 1989 as a research analyst for international equity securities. He was previously associated with Arthur D. Little and Bear Stearns. Mr. Shrager earned BA and MIA degrees from Columbia University. Profile
JOHN D. SPEARS is a Managing Director of Tweedy, Browne Company LLC. He joined the Investment Adviser in 1974 and is a member of the firm's Management Committee. Previously, Mr. Spears had been in the investment business for five years with Berger, Kent Associates; Davic Associates; and Hornblower & Weeks-Hemphill, Noyes & Co. He studied at the Babson Institute of Business Administration, Drexel Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania ' The Wharton School. Profile
CHRISTOPHER H. BROWNE is a Managing Director of Tweedy, Browne Company LLC. He has been with the Investment Adviser since 1969 and is a member of the firm's Management Committee. He is on the Board of Directors of Tweedy, Browne Fund Inc. and is a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and sits on the Executive Committee of its Investment Board. He is also a Trustee and a member of The Council of the Rockefeller University. Mr. Browne also serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee of The Kennedy School at Harvard University's program in Behavioral Finance. He is a frequent speaker on behavioral psychology and financial decision-making as it relates to international investing. Mr. Browne earned a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview of Tweedy, Browne and

your respective responsibilities?

Mr. Browne: The firm was founded in 1920 by Bill Tweedy, who

specialized in making markets