General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 15, 2003
HARRY J. CLARK is President and CEO of Clark Capital Management Group,
Inc., which he founded in 1986. He has 30 years of investment
experience. Mr. Clark earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and
an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering with a nuclear specialty from
Villanova University. His experience in the financial services industry
began in 1970 when he joined Hornblower, Weeks, Hemphill and Noyers
while independently researching and developing proprietary equity market
models. Mr. Clark moved to Blythe, Eastman, Dillon in 1975 (acquired by
Paine Webber in 1980) where he continued his independent research. He
joined Merrill Lynch in 1983 and concurrently formed Clark Capital
Management. In 1986 he established Clark Capital Management Group as an
independent investment advisor. Mr. Clark earned his Certified
Financial Planner designation and holds Series 7, 24 and 65 securities
designations. Profile
TWST: May we start with a brief overview of Clark Capital ManagementGroup and your responsibilities there?
Mr. Clark: The firm is an independent investment-advisory firm that
began in 1986.