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Defection From Wall Street: Thornburg Investment Management

November 1, 2015
Defection From Wall Street: Thornburg Investment Management

A profile piece recounts how Garrett Thornburg, founder of the for-profit Thornburg Investment Management (a separate entity from the Thornburg Foundation), left Wall Street for Santa Fe more than three decades ago to build his investment firm.

Garrett Thornburg bailed on New York for Santa Fe more than 30 years ago, and he isn't looking back. The very first deal closed by Garrett Thornburg and his new firm was with Norwest Bank the day after Thanksgiving 1982…