General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 2, 2005
MEIGHAN HARAHAN, CFA, CPA, is a portfolio manager at Driehaus Capital
Management, Inc., with shared responsibility (with Richard Driehaus) for
the mid cap growth style domestic portfolios. Ms. Harahan supervises the
team of research analysts and associates responsible for investment
ideas for the mid cap growth portfolios. After receiving her BA in
Accountancy from Michigan State University in 1982, Ms. Harahan worked
for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells as an accountant from 1983 to 1985 and for
the Walt Disney Company as a financial analyst from 1985 to 1986. She
earned her MBA from the University of Chicago in 1988. Ms. Harahan then
joined Prudential Securities as an associate in the corporate finance
department. In 1991, she worked for Hellmold Associates, an investment
firm specializing in restructurings. She joined Citicorp in 1992 as a
credit analyst. From 1992 through 1994 she was a fixed income analyst
with PPM America, responsible for analyzing and recommending investment
grade and high yield bonds. Ms. Harahan joined Driehaus Capital
Management in 1994. Profile
TWST: Meighan, would you start with a brief overview of Driehaus CapitalManagement?
Ms. Harahan: I am the portfolio manager for the Driehaus Mid Cap Growth
product, which was started in April