William Francis Harnisch

Mr. William F.
Harnisch, CFA, is President & Chief Executive Officer at Peconic Partners LLC.
He is managing all aspects of the firm's investment process.
Mr. Harnisch began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1968 (later known as Chase Investors Management), where he was Vice-President responsible for Special Equity Investments.
He joined Forstmann-Leff Associates (FLA) in 1978 when the business managed $300 million.
He began managing FLA in 1984, eventually managing assets of over $5 billion, and became the majority shareholder in 1989.
With a strong history in absolute return, FLA entered the hedge fund business in 1986.
The long-only business was sold in 1997, and he left FLA at the end of 2004 to form Peconic Partners and concentrate on the hedged product.
Mr. Harnisch received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baruch College of the City University of New York and a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University.