Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> December 10, 2001
JILL S. KRUTICK is Managing Director and an Analyst in the entertainment
and leisure industries for Citigroup Global Markets. She joined Smith
Barney in 1994 from Salomon Brothers (where she started in 1987) and has
been an analyst for over 15 years. Institutional Investor has ranked
Ms. Krutick since the inception of the leisure industry category four
years ago, three of those years as number one. In addition,
Institutional Investor ranked her in entertainment for seven out of the
past 10 years. Ms. Krutick was also ranked the number one All-Star
Analyst in Fortune in 2001 for entertainment and has been recognized by
The Wall Street Journal Poll several times. Ms. Krutick earned a BS
degree in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
and an MBA degree from the Stern School of Business, New York
University. Profile
TWST: When we spoke last, just about a year ago, the economy was stillfairly robust, and yet you noted that traditional forms of leisure
activity had become less popular, and that the industry