Background
Knowlton, Winthrop was born on September 1, 1930 in New York City. Son of Hugh and Christine (Stanley) Knowlton.
("How many of us hear of the phenomenal stock market succe...)
"How many of us hear of the phenomenal stock market success of others--those who picked Xerox or Avon products, while we sit on the investment sidelines with our "safe," unprofitable securities? We hear that the key to investment success is knowledge of a company's management. Yet few of us have access to corporate boardrooms. In this book a top analyst and partner in a major Wall Street firm takes the amateur's point of view, explaining how to make profitable use of financial information available to any alert lay investor. Mr. Knowlton first deals with such questions as how much money the investor should expect to make, how many stocks he should own, and what kinds of stocks he should look for in order to make continuing long-term capital gains. Then he discusses a number of specific companies, analyzes reasons for their success or failure, and provides a few statistical tools with which to measure the attractiveness of one company over another. Mr. Knowlton also shows how to find and use a competent broker, how to keep yourself well informed, and ends with a discussion of a few of the more promising product and market areas for enterprising corporations in the future. In offering a sound investment strategy, Growth Opportunities in Common Stocks offers guidelines with which to evaluate management performance, and ways to anticipate the important future event that will affect a stock's value. In short, the investor is led to understand why some companies grow and others don't." -- from dust jacket flaps
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Knowlton, Winthrop was born on September 1, 1930 in New York City. Son of Hugh and Christine (Stanley) Knowlton.
Graduate, Lawrenceville School, 1948. Bachelor, Harvard University, 1953. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1955.
With White, Weld & Company, Incorporated, New York York City, from 1955, vice president, 1961, general partner, 1962-1965. With Office Education, Washington, 1965. Deputy assistant secretary treasury for international affairs, 1965-1966.
Assistant secretary, 1966-1968. Executive vice president, director Harper & Row, 1968-1970, president, 1970-1979, chairman, 1979-1987, chief executive officer, until 1981, also director. Henry R. Luce professor, director Center for Business and Government John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1982-1987.
President Knowlton Associate Inc., since 1987. Managing director Family Partners & Company, New York City, since 1989. Director Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, BioTechnica International Inc.
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Board directors City Year, The Jackson Laboratory. Former trustee, vice chairman Teachers College. Board directors, president New York City Ballet.
Member Mayor's Commission Cultural Affairs. Member Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Mina Elizabeth Minnerly, June 23, 1951 (divorced 1960). Children: Winthrop, Christopher, Oliver. Married Grace Daniels Farrar, July 8, 1960 (divorced 1980).
Children: Eliza Courtney, Samantha Farrar. Married Maxine Groffsky, January 15, 1983.