Whitney Tilson

Profile: Full name: Whitney Tilson Area of interest: Investment, esp. Value investing; Education (US) Journals/Organisation: Financial Times Email: WTilson@T2PartnersLLC.com Personal website: http://www.tilsonfunds.com Website: FT.Com / Inside Curve Blog: Whitney Tilson's School Reform Blog (about US education issues) Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: http://www.tilsonfunds.com/bio_w.html Education: Harvard College: magna cum laude from with a bachelor’s degree in Government: Harvard Business School: MBA with High Distinction - elected a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class) Career: Before business school was a founding member of Teach for America, the national teacher corps, and then spent two years as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Worked for five years with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner-city-based companies nationwide (with Professor Porter founded the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, of which Mr. Tilson was Executive Director). Led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for-profit private equity fund focused on minority-owned and inner-city businesses that has raised nearly $500 million. Founder and a Managing Partner of T2 Partners LLC, which manages three private investment partnerships and the Tilson Mutual Funds; Co-Editor-in-Chief of Value Investor Insight, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Value Investing Congress Current position/role: Commentator also writes/written for: Motley Fool, TheStreet.com Other roles/Main role: T2 Partners LLC: co-manager Other activities: Involved with a number of charities focused on education reform and Africa; a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Wall $treet Week, guest on Lou Dobbs Moneyline (see transcript PDF) Google video results Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: For philanthropic work received the 2008 John C. Whitehead Social Enterprise Award from the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York Scoops: Other: Disciple of the Graham-Dodd -Buffett-Munger school of value investing, and was one of the authors of Poor Charlie's Almanack, considered by many to be the definitive book on Charlie Munger

Books & Debate: Poor Charlie's almanack : the wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger OCLC 70586844, 2006 Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

Financial Times: Column name: Remit/Info: Investment: "Money managers pass on clearly worded and actionable investment advice for US investors" Section: Role: Commentator Pen-name: Email: feedback@tilsonfunds.com Personal website: Website: FT.com / Inside Curve Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Varies Column format: Average length:

Articles: Lessons to be learnt from losses - The market environment has been so unusual recently that it may be that any strategy changes employed might not be the ones helping you profit in the future - 10th February 2009 for 2008 articles, see Inside Curve articles

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