General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> September 25, 2000
WILLIAM R. FEILER is a Managing Director and Founding Member of Bel Air
Investment Advisors LLC. Prior to joining the firm, he was with Goldman
Sachs & Co. in Los Angeles for almost 14 years. He was a Vice President
whose responsibilities included equity research and portfolio
management. After receiving his BA in 1980 from the University of
California-San Diego, Mr. Feiler spent two years as a national account
representative for CFS Continental, a wholesale food distribution firm.
He received his MBA from UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management
in1984. Mr. Feiler was the 1997 Chairman of the Financial Division of
the United Jewish Federation in Los Angeles. He resides in Santa Monica,
California with his wife and their three children. Profile
DARELL L. KRASNOFF is a Managing Director of Bel Air Investment Advisors
LLC. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Managing Director of Goldman
Sachs where he was Manager of Private Client Services for the Los
Angeles office. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1981, providing investment
advice to wealthy individuals for 10 years before he became Regional
Manager in 1991. Mr. Krasnoff is a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Center Theatre Group, the operating company for the Mark Taper Forum
and the Ahmanson Theatre. He is also the past Chairman and is currently
on the Board of L.A. Team Mentoring, an organization that provides
mentors to approximately 1,000 students at nine middle schools in
challenging urban neighborhoods in Los Angeles. In addition, he is
currently on the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of
Occidental College and the Board of Directors of the Early Childhood
Center at Cedars Sinai. Mr. Krasnoff received his BA from Occidental
College, where he was captain of the football and rugby teams. He has
two sons and lives in Brentwood, California. Profile
Mr. Krasnoff: Bel Air was started about three years ago by five partners
who all had a lot of experience working with
