General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 25, 2004
RANDALL BUCK, Director of Quantitative Research at Freestone Capital
Management, brings a wealth of senior level investment management
expertise to the firm. He recently served as Chief Investment Officer
for Chicago Analytic Capital Management, a firm serving the investment
needs of some of the wealthiest families in the Midwest. He has also run
his own specialized investment firm and served as a Senior Portfolio
Manager for the Chicago Corporation and Harris Investment Management.
Over the course of his career, he has developed specialized expertise in
the area of quantitative research. Mr. Buck is a Chartered Financial
Analyst, has a BA (honors) in Business and Economics from Simon Fraser
University and an MBA with a specialization in finance and statistics
from the University of Chicago. In his spare time he enjoys skiing,
hiking and sailing with his wife and four children. Profile
GARY SMART, Director of Portfolio Management at Freestone capital
Management, began his investment career in 1989 as a research analyst
and portfolio manager at First Interstate Bank (now Wells Fargo). There
he helped manage the bank's trust and mutual funds and provided
management services to high net worth clients. He joined Salomon Smith
Barney to assist Gary Furukawa in managing his rapidly growing
investment management business, and joined Mr. Furukawa again as a co-
founder of Freestone Capital Management. Mr. Smart is a Chartered
Financial Analyst and has an MBA in Finance from the University of
Washington and a BA in Economics from Brigham Young University. He
spends his spare time with his wife and five children and is actively
involved in coaching youth sports and is a varsity team coach in the Boy
Scouts of America. Profile
GARY FURUKAWA, President and Chief Investment Officer of Freestone
Capital Management, brings two decades of experience in financial advice
and planning. Before co-founding Freestone, he worked for 11 years at
Salomon Smith Barney as one of their top financial consultants
nationwide, managing assets of more than $500 million. As a Certified
Public Accountant, and having worked for the Internal Revenue Service
and Deloitte & Touche as a tax specialist, Mr. Furukawa brings insight
not typically found in portfolio managers. A Phi Beta Kappa and magna
cum laude graduate of the University of Washington, he devotes his
leisure time to his family and a variety of outdoor activities,
particularly his passion, fly-fishing. Profile
Management and tell us what the three of you do there?
Mr. Furukawa: After working for large Wall Street firms for 17 years
