General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 7, 1997

William C. Nygren – Harris Associates Lp

WILLIAM C. NYGREN is a partner of Harris Associates L.P. and the portfolio manager of The Oakmark Select Fund. Bill joined Harris Associates as a research analyst and was subsequently named its Director of Research. Prior to joining Harris Associates, Bill was an equity analyst at Northwestern Mutual Life. Bill earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting at the University of Minnesota and a Master's degree in Finance at the University of Wisconsin. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he is a member of the Chicago Society of the AIMR. Bill is married and has two children. He includes contemporary art and traveling among his personal interests. Profile
TWST: Give us a description of your firm.

Mr. Nygren: Harris Associates is an investment management firm that

manages about $13 billion of assets. A little more than $8 billion of

that would