William P. Stewart (1 2 3 5) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of W.P. Stewart & Co. Ltd. He started on Wall Street in 1955 on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He joined Spingarn Heine & Co. in 1957 as an analyst/registered representative and in 1961 moved to Pyne Kendall & Hollister in the same capacity. He was successively Director of Research General Partner responsible for the firm's investment advisory and institutional operations President of its international investment banking subsidiary Managing Partner and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Riter Pyne Kendall & Hollister Inc. After the sale of Riter Pyne's principal business in early 1973 Mr. Stewart joined Ruane Cunniff & Co. as Vice Chairman while simultaneously founding W.P. Stewart & Company as a corporate consultant. He established W.P. Stewart & Company as an investment advisory firm in 1975. |