Mr. Caris brings over 40 years of Institutional Sales experience to Caris & Company. He began his career at Paine Webber Jackson Curtis, where he achieved significant milestones as the firm's top broker over a 10 year span. He was the youngest person in the state of California to obtain a securities brokerage registration, ranked in the firms top 50 producers within his first 5 years, top 5 between 1965-1966, and number one from 1967-1970. From 1970-1977, he helped found Seidler, Arnet Spillne (Currently Seidler Amdec), and was the firm's number one producer. In 1977, Mr. Caris joined Bateman Eichler Hill Richards, and was also the firm's number one institutional salesman. From 1983-1990, he worked as the number one institutional salesman at Wedbush Morgan Securities, and held the same honor from 1990-1992 at Gruntal & Company, where he was the Managing Director of Institutional Sales. Mr. Caris has significant experience in Investment Banking as well, having assisted in taking dozens of companies public over the years. His clients rate among Wall Street's top investors and his innovative ideas have helped to grow the portfolios of the world's largest mutual funds. |