General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 2, 2000
DANIEL P. BECKER is a Senior Vice President of Waddell & Reed Investment
Management Company. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at
Madison in 1987 with a BS degree in Mathematical Economics and earned an
MS degree with an emphasis in finance, investments and banking from the
University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business in 1989. Prior to
joining the firm as an Investment Analyst in October 1989, he was
affiliated with the State of Wisconsin Investment Board as a
ResearchTechnician from June 1988 through February 1989, and as an
Investment Analyst beginning in February 1989. He was named Portfolio
Manager of the Waddell & Reed Advisors Vanguard Fund in July 1997. Mr.
Becker is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Association for
Investment Management and Research, and a member of the Kansas City
Society of Financial Analysts. Profile
Mr. Becker: Waddell & Reed is just over 60 years old. We manage close to
$40 billion in retail mutual funds. We
