General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> June 28, 2004

GEORGE THARAKAN – SANTA BARBARA ASSET MANAGEMENT

Tharakan, George
GEORGE THARAKAN is a Portfolio Manager and Director of Research at Santa Barbara Asset Management. He was previously a Senior Vice President at Vantis Capital and, prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at Roxbury Capital Management and a Senior Design Engineer for Intel Corporation. Mr. Tharakan graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology with honors, has an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and received an MBA in Finance with honors from the Anderson School of Business (UCLA). Profile
TWST: Would you begin with an overview of Santa Barbara Asset Management

and your responsibilities there?

Mr. Tharakan: Santa Barbara Asset Management, located in Santa Barbara,

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