Melville Straus ’60 entered the investment business as a security analyst in 1967 at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. In 1969, he joined Standard & Poor's InterCapital as Vice President and Director of Research. In 1972, he was elected to its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He joined Weiss, Peck & Greer, L.L.C. in 1973. At WPG, Mr. Straus was a member of the Executive Committee and his primary responsibility was heading up the small cap growth product and managing $1.5 billion of institutional small cap accounts including two mutual funds and over $50 million in individual accounts. In January, 1998, Mr. Straus formed Straus Asset Management, L.LC. where he is Managing Principal and is currently managing approximately $200 million in assets.
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