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Bill Brennan
William S. Brennan is a Portfolio Manager and Principal with Summit, participating in the development and management of water equity strategies. Summit is generally recognized as the oldest and longest water investor globally in both equities and water rights. Mr. Brennan was previously the Founding Partner of Brennan Investment Partners, which served as portfolio manager and sub-advisor to the Kinetics Water Infrastructure Fund (KWINX) since its inception in June 2007. The Fund received Morningstar’s highest rating of five stars under Mr. Brennan’s tenure through July 2010. Prior, he was Portfolio Manager of the Praetor Global Water Equities Fund in Luxemburg, and was also responsible for portfolio selection for the Claymore Global and Domestic Water UITs — the first retail water investment products launched in the U.S.
Mr. Brennan served as an advisor to Summit Global Management from the inception of its first water-specific investment vehicle in 1999 through 2005. He began his investment career with Pacific Growth Equities, where he ran the Environmental Services, Aviation Security, and Special Situation groups for six years. He was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top environmental analyst on Wall Street in 2000. He held several senior positions with Coopers & Lybrand, Law Engineering and General Electric prior to his career in finance. Mr. Brennan has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Biology from Lehigh University (Distinguished Graduate-Air Force ROTC), an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Colorado State University, and an MBA from Villanova University, where he has also been an adjunct professor in the graduate MBA program for the past 12 years.
Mr. Brennan served as an advisor to Summit Global Management from the inception of its first water-specific investment vehicle in 1999 through 2005. He began his investment career with Pacific Growth Equities, where he ran the Environmental Services, Aviation Security, and Special Situation groups for six years. He was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top environmental analyst on Wall Street in 2000. He held several senior positions with Coopers & Lybrand, Law Engineering and General Electric prior to his career in finance. Mr. Brennan has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Biology from Lehigh University (Distinguished Graduate-Air Force ROTC), an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Colorado State University, and an MBA from Villanova University, where he has also been an adjunct professor in the graduate MBA program for the past 12 years.
