Polynous Capital
Management was founded in May 1996 by Kevin Wenck who had previously
managed the G.T. America Growth Fund for G.T. Capital Management
from 1991 until May 1996. Mr. Wenck's research conclusions are
systematically implemented into investment portfolios managed by the
firm using the Polynous's "Dynamic Value"
investment process.
Kevin Wenck is primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of the Polynous Growth Fund's investment
portfolio. Mr. Wenck began investing personally in 1972 and first began
managing portfolios for members of his family in 1974. Mr. Wenck founded Performance
Management in 1977 to manage portfolios for individuals outside his
immediate family and continued those activities until 1983. Mr. Wenck's
most recent experience before founding Polynous Capital Management
included five years managing mid-cap and small-cap growth stock
portfolios with G.T. Capital Management. Part of Mr. Wenck's
responsibilities at G.T. Capital Management (renamed LGT Asset
Management) included being portfolio manager for the GT Global America
Growth Fund, which he managed from July 1, 1991 through April 30, 1996.
During this period that fund grew from approximately $100 million in
assets to over $700 million in assets and was one of the nation's
leading growth funds for the four-year ten-month period under his
management. Mr. Wenck's other professional investment experience
includes three years managing small-cap growth stock portfolios with
Matuschka & Co.
Mr. Wenck's other principal business
experience includes two years with Advanced Micro Devices where he was
responsible for corporate-level budgets and forecasts as a member of the
Corporate Planning Department. Additional experience includes product
development work with Applied Expert Systems, an artificial intelligence
software company, and also a number of entrepreneurial activities in
various types of businesses.
Mr. Wenck's professionally-oriented
educational experience includes being awarded an M.B.A. degree in 1985
from Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and being awarded
his CFA designation in 1986. Mr. Wenck's undergraduate degree was
awarded by Marlboro College in 1981 where he majored in Philosophy and
Classical Literature.
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