Monty Guild
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Montague "Monty" Guild Jr. (b.1942) is the founder and CEO of Guild Investment Management located in Los Angeles, California
. He was an analyst at a bank and hedge fund
from 1968 to 1970. In 1971, Monty Guild Jr. founded Guild Investment Management in Southern California. He holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California
and an MBA with honors from California State University
.
Guild was an early devotee of Transcendental Meditation
. He served as president and chairman of the board of the Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp.
, a company devoted to developing 50 communities of meditators, called "ideal villages", in the US and Canada. In 1996, he placed 95th on a list of contributors to US political parties over the prior year, on account of the $171,000 he gave to the Natural Law Party. He announced in 2003 that he was bankrolling the construction of a proposed "Peace Palace" in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. He was an analyst at a bank and hedge fund
Hedge fund
A hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university...
from 1968 to 1970. In 1971, Monty Guild Jr. founded Guild Investment Management in Southern California. He holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
and an MBA with honors from California State University
California State University
The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...
.
Guild was an early devotee of Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...
. He served as president and chairman of the board of the Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp.
Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development
Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp. is a for-profit real estate developer associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Meditation movement...
, a company devoted to developing 50 communities of meditators, called "ideal villages", in the US and Canada. In 1996, he placed 95th on a list of contributors to US political parties over the prior year, on account of the $171,000 he gave to the Natural Law Party. He announced in 2003 that he was bankrolling the construction of a proposed "Peace Palace" in Los Angeles.
External links
- Interview with Monty Guild April 18, 2008. GuruFocus.com