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Charles D. Ellis is a recognized expert on investment management. For thirty years, he was Managing Partner of Greenwich Associates, the leading worldwide strategy consultant to the investment industry, where he developed close working relationships with senior executives at most of the major investment firms in the United States, Canada, England, Japan, Germany, and Australia. His other activities include teaching the Investment Management course at both Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School; chairing AIMR, the investors' professional organization; serving as a Director of Vanguard; advising some of the world's largest investing institutions; and chairing the investment committees at the Whitehead Institute and Yale University. Among his ten prior books is Winning the Loser's Game.

Foreword. Introduction. Chapter 1. The Founding. Chapter 2. Staying Alive. Chapter 3. The Multiple-Counselor System. Chapter 4. Organizing the Core. Chapter 5. Mutual Fund Distribution. Chapter 6. Crossing the Rubicon: Capital Group. Chapter 7. Shareholder Services. Chapter 8. Acquisitions and Start-Ups. Chapter 9. Capital Guardian Trust Company. Chapter 10. Global Investing. Chapter 11. Emerging Markets. Chapter 12. Managing People. Chapter 13. Management. Chapter 14. Compensation. Chapter 15. Investing. Afterword. Appendix I: Summary Statement of Corporate Objectives and Goals. Appendix II: Outline of Basic Managerial Beliefs. Appendix III: Growth of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Index.