General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> March 4, 2004
JOHN P. MULLMAN, CFA, is Senior Vice President and Small Cap Equity
Portfolio Manager at Jennison Associates. He joined Jennison in August
2000 as a result of the merger of Prudential's public equity asset
management capabilities into Jennison's organization. He has been
managing institutional small cap portfolios since 1996 and was named the
portfolio manager of the Jennison Small Company Fund in May 2000. He
joined Prudential in 1987 as an Associate in the Corporate Finance Group
where he originated a variety of private placement investments including
fixed-rate debt securities, leverage buyouts, ESOP financings and asset-
backed investments. From 1991 to 1995, he served as a Vice President in
Prudential's Financial Restructuring Group where he managed a $500
million portfolio of privately-placed debt and equity securities in
financially troubled or over-leveraged companies. He managed the
workouts of over 20 distressed investments through a variety of out-of-
court restructurings, bankruptcies and complex recapitalizations. The
bulk of the investments were in companies with market capitalizations
below $1 billion. Through his private equity and workout experience, he
has served on the Board of Directors of three public and private firms
and has worked closely with management in developing and implementing
strategic growth plans for several small cap companies. Over the course
of his career, he has worked with a wide variety of small companies,
industries, LBO sponsors and financial intermediaries and has an in-
depth knowledge of business assessment and valuation methodologies. He
received a BA in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross in 1982
and an MBA from Yale University in 1987. He is also a member of the
NYSSA and AIMR. Profile
Mr. Mullman: Jennison Associates is an independent money management firm
with about $58 billion in assets under
