General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> March 2, 1998
MARTIN J. WHITMAN is Chairman and CIO of Third Avenue Management
LLC, the investment adviser to the Third Avenue Funds as well as
to private and institutional clients. Mr. Whitman manages the
Third Avenue Value Fund. He serves on the Board of Nabors
Industries, Inc., and is also a Director of Danielson Holding
Corporation, an American Stock Exchange listed company with
subsidiaries engaged in river transportation and insurance
services. He was a Distinguished Management Fellow at the Yale
School of Management for 28 years. Most recently, he taught at
the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is the
author of The Aggressive Conservative Investor and Value
Investing - A Balanced Approach. He graduated from Syracuse
University magna cum laude in 1949 and received a Master's degree
in Economics from the New School for Social Research in 1956. He
is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
your firm?
Mr. Whitman: Well, between our advisory accounts and the two mutual
funds we run - Third Avenue Value Fund
