General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 15, 1997

Howard I. Golden – Brookdale Group Ltd

HOWARD I. GOLDEN received his B.A., M.B.A. and JUDr. from the University of Wisconsin, where he was co-winner of the 1972 Henry O. Morrison Award from the American Bar Association International Law Division for the best article on international law. Mr. Golden has practiced corporate and international law in New York, Chicago and Jerusalem. In Israel, he negotiated international contracts for Mayor Teddy Kollek on behalf of the municipality of Jerusalem. In September, 1991, Mr. Golden changed his investment focus and began managing hedge funds and limited partnerships which invest internationally. He has lectured on closed-end funds in London, Chicago and Prague, and is an acknowledged expert on the Czech capital market. Mr. Golden has lectured on the Czech market at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, to judges and other government officials in the Czech Republic at an institute seminar sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Justice, to the Budget Committee of the Czech Parliament, to groups of individual Czech business people in Prague, and at an international forum in Prague partly sponsored by the E.U. Mr. Golden has been quoted as an expert on closed-end funds in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Business Central Europe, and the Prague Business Journal, among others. He directs the Manhattan Funds, LLC, the umbrella organization for four international hedge funds, controlling over $70 million of assets as of May, 1997 and is the President of the General Partner of those funds. Consolidated Management Enterprises, Ltd., the General Partner of one of the funds, was selected as #1 out of 82 funds in international equity by Nelson's World's Best Money Managers for the 20 quarters ending December 31, 1996. Profile
TWST: Mr. Golden, why don't we start by your giving to us a description

or a profile of your firm and your responsibilities there?

Mr. Golden: The Brookdale Group is a general partner of