Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 4, 2001
ROBERT I. SCHULMAN is President and co-Chief Executive Officer of
Tremont Advisers, Inc. Before joining Tremont in 1994, Mr. Schulman's
Wall Street career spanned 24 years with Smith Barney Inc. and
predecessor firms, including Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc. and E.F.
Hutton & Company. During the last six years at Smith Barney he was
responsible for Smith Barney's $90 billion Consulting Service Division,
Strategic Planning and all Retail New Product Development. Mr. Schulman
founded the Leveraged Product Division at E.F. Hutton in 1982 and was
responsible for the development of various derivative products, as well
as growth index, financial futures and options trading. In 1986, he
assumed responsibility for all retail products offered at E.F. Hutton.
He is a graduate of New York University and received a Master of
Business Administration degree in Finance from Pace University. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a little history and a quick overview ofTremont?
Mr. Schulman: Tremont was founded in 1984 by Sandra Manzke. She realized
that alternative investments were going