General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 19, 2003
LARRY J. PUGLIA is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Associates,
Inc., and a Portfolio Manager in the Equity Division. He is
President of the Blue Chip Growth Fund and Chairman of the Fund's
Investment Advisory Committee. Mr. Puglia serves as a Vice
President and Investment Advisory Committee member of the
Financial Services Fund and Growth Stock Fund. He is also an
Investment Advisory Committee member of the Personal Strategy
Funds and Tax-Efficient Balanced Fund and Tax-Efficient Growth
Fund. Prior to joining the firm in 1990, Mr. Puglia was a Senior
Manager with Peat Marwick Main & Co., specializing in banking. He
earned a BA degree from the University of Notre Dame (summa cum
laude) and an MBA degree from Darden Graduate School of Business
Administration at the University of Virginia ' (Shermet Scholar,
highest honors). Mr. Puglia is a Chartered Financial Analyst and
a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief overview of T. Rowe Price andyour responsibilities there?
Mr. Puglia: T. Rowe Price was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe
Price, who was one of the pioneers in