Global Chief Investment
Officer, Guggenheim
Partners
Chair, Guggenheim
Investments,

After getting rich on Wall Street as a bond trader, Minerd retired and
moved to Los Angeles at age 37. He went back to work a few years
later and helped found Guggenheim Partners in 1999. Today, Minerd
guides investment strategies and oversees client accounts across a
range of fixed-income and equity securities for the firm. Guggenheim
Investments has $224 billion in total assets. He was previously a managing
director with Credit Suisse First Boston. His career has also included
stints at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Continental Bank.

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