Bruce S Sherman

Bruce Sherman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of M4 Capital having retired from his position as the Chief Executive Officer of Private Capital Management ("PCM") in early 2009. Bruce launched PCM in 1986 and sold the firm to Legg Mason in 2001. Following the sale, he retained autonomy over PCM's portfolio management and investment research and led the firm to a prestigious #1 ranking in the country as measured by Nelson's "World's Best Money Managers" for the ten years ending December 31, 2005. Bruce began his career as a CPA in New York with Arthur Young. He left Arthur Young as a principal in 1979 to embark upon an operating career in venture capital, real estate and media assets that resulted in his founding and successfully managing PCM. Bruce currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Naples Philharmonic. Bruce graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and has a Masters in Business Administration from Bernard Baruch College which was received in 1973. Bruce has two daughters and is married to Cynthia Sherman.