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Executive Profile – William Gurtin

William Gurtin is chief executive officer of Gurtin Fixed Income, a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered investment adviser in Solana Beach with more than $5 billion in assets under management.

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Name: William R. Gurtin.

Company: Gurtin Fixed Income.

Titles: CEO and chief investment officer.

Education: Brown University, Bachelor of Science in applied mathematics and economics; University of Chicago, M.B.A. in finance.

Birthplace: Providence, R.I.

Age: 48.

Current residence: Rancho Santa Fe.

Family: Wife: Kay, 24 years; children: Grant, 18, and Liza, 14.

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

Essential business philosophy: If you take pride in your work and strive to do the right thing for your clients and employees, success will follow.

Best way to keep a competitive edge: Never be satisfied, because you know you can always accomplish more.

Guiding principles: Integrity, at the end of the day your reputation is all you have.

Yardsticks of success: Knowing I have worked my hardest and done my best. A happy, productive and charitable family.

Goals yet to be achieved: Break four minutes in the mile (not happening).

JUDGMENT CALLS

Best business decision: To open my own business.

Worst business decision: To not open my own business earlier.

Toughest business decision: To leave Goldman Sachs.

Biggest missed opportunity: Selling a bank stock in 1991 that went up fourfold in the next year.

Mentor: Terry Mulvihill.

Word that describes you: Dependable.

TRUE CONFESSIONS

What you like best about your job: The objective accountability of being a money manager.

What you like least about your job: The markets are open while you are on vacation.

Pet peeves: Excuses, lack of attention to detail, waiting in line.

Most important lesson learned: Never be afraid to change.

Person most interested in meeting: Bruce Springsteen.

Three greatest passions: My family, running (now it’s a jog), Pittsburgh Steelers.

First choice for a new career: General manager of a professional sports franchise.

PREDILECTIONS

Favorite quote: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

Most influential book: Biography of Albert Einstein.

Favorite status symbol: Casio watch.

Favorite restaurant: San Diego: Trattoria i Truli; world: Il Mileno in New York City.

Favorite place for business meetings: My office. I don’t have to travel.

Favorite vacation spot: New York City.

Favorite way to spend time: Relaxing with my family.

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