General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 13, 2004

ELAINE HAHN – HAHN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

ELAINE F. HAHN is President, Chief Investment Officer and the largest owner of Hahn Capital Management, LLC, a San Francisco-based firm founded by Ms. Hahn in 1988. The firm invests in value-oriented mid-cap stocks, and has produced a 10-year annualized return of 14.6%, net of investment management fees. Since the firm was founded in 1988, annual returns have been negative in only one year. Ms. Hahn has over 20 years of experience in the investment management business. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Oklahoma State University and an MBA in Corporate Finance from Columbia University. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with an overview of your firm and its investment

philosophy?

Ms. Hahn: We're a San Francisco-based firm, founded in January 1988, and

we manage only equities. We consider