General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 14, 2003
NEIL HENNESSY is President and Portfolio Manager of Hennessy Funds,
Inc., where he manages four mutual funds: Balanced Fund, Total Return
Fund, Cornerstone Value Fund and Cornerstone Growth Fund. He started his
financial career over 22 years ago as a Broker at Paine Webber and
attended the Wharton School of Upper Management. In 1989 Mr. Hennessy
opened his own broker/dealer, Edward J. Hennessy, Incorporated. In
1996 he started Hennessy Funds, Inc., and was the first portfolio
manager to utilize the 'Dogs of the Dow' investment philosophy in
mutual fund format. Profile
Mr. Hennessy: We started our first mutual fund in 1996, the Hennessy
Balanced Fund. Two years later we started our second
