fairly famous houston investor? name help?

Fayez Serafim. Nice guy. He is a money manager. He also owns an F40 among other expensive toys.

 

What fund does he manage?

Wes

 

Sarofim is president, chairman of the board, and director of Fayez Sarofim & Company. He is also a portfolio manager for Dreyfus and currently manages the Dreyfus Appreciation Fund (among others). He is a Chartered Investment Counselor as well as a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the Houston Society of Financial Analysts. He is a director of Argonaut Group, IFINT Societe Anonyme, Unitrin, and Teledyne.

 

He is an excellent fund manager - he had managed various funds in my protfolio and they have done very well.

http://www.sarofim.com/

 

I'd say he is a Financial Advisor, not a fund manager.

I'm in the same biz....looked at his website...he's got it locked.

Takes a lot to get to that level, he's a player for real.

Wes

 

Sorry about that Wes. I read what I wrote and it is a little confusing. Sarofim is not my fiancial advisor. What I meant is that I own some of the funds that he managed for Dreyfus. He wears both hats - financial advisor to waelthy individuals and fund manager for Dreyfus.

He does a very good job managing the Dreyfus Appreciation Fund (DGAGX). He has been with that fund for a long time which is comforting since many fund managers these days seem to have short tenures.

 

He manages retail funds for Dreyfus and ING.

He also manages his own seperate accounts (like a mutual fund but with higher minimums).

He is a wrap manager as well (private client group for large accounts).

 

Scuderia-of-San-Antonio

What part of the biz are you in? I am in the biz as well, I am a wrap account manager, have my own company.

 

You guys have any openings for a 2nd year Finance student who wants to learn more about the business?

 

I have a dear friend who is also looking for a job in the financial business. He graduates from UNT in August. Of course, first come first serve (alexWS6). But, if there is anything available, please let me know. Thank you

 

I have an office here in San Antonio that I manage as an independent advisor. We have several teams, one of which handles our group retirement accounts and benefits. I'd have to say that is my main cup of tea.

I do a lot of business with ING so it's wierd that we were talking about that dude.

What do you do? What Ferraris do you have?

Wes

 

I have a boutique style Investment Advisory Firm here in Dallas. Partner and office with a CPA and Attorney, we handle Allot of complicated Investment, Tax and Legal Planning. I Manage Money for fee, no commissions. We do our own money management / Wrap Accounts in house, we dont hire it out. Recently I have bought my way into a Retail Commercial Bank and a Mortgage company.

Who do you clear through?

I Drive a ,98 355 Spider. If the weather would stay like this I would make it my daily driver. I will probably re-consider that come August when its 105 in the shade.

 

Always like to see someone who drives their Ferrari as a daily driver.
Maybe we'll run it to each other at an event in the future.

Look for me, silver 360 coupe or a silver 360 challenge with a stock market paint job.

Wes

 

Sarofim is my neighbor, I am also good friends with two of his sons....Anything else you need to know about him??

BTW, I never knew he owned an F40....all he seems to have are RRs and Bentleys..

 

The F40 is at his hanger.