General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 7, 1997
WILLIAM C. NYGREN is a partner of Harris Associates L.P. and the
portfolio manager of The Oakmark Select Fund. Bill joined Harris
Associates as a research analyst and was subsequently named its Director
of Research. Prior to joining Harris Associates, Bill was an equity
analyst at Northwestern Mutual Life. Bill earned a Bachelor's degree in
Accounting at the University of Minnesota and a Master's degree in
Finance at the University of Wisconsin. A Chartered Financial Analyst,
he is a member of the Chicago Society of the AIMR. Bill is married and
has two children. He includes contemporary art and traveling among his
personal interests. Profile
TWST: Give us a description of your firm. Mr. Nygren: Harris Associates is an investment management firm that
manages about $13 billion of assets. A little more than $8 billion of
that would