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.