William J. Ruane
Director

Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc., 1969 - present
Chairman of the Board
Founded company with Richard T. Cunniff. The firm specializes in investment management.

Sequoia Fund, 1970 - present
Chairman of the Board
Ruane, Cunniff & Co., Inc., formed the Sequoia Fund, a no-load, open-end mutual fund.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., 1949 - 1969
Vice President, member of investment committee, manager of the Special Investment Advisory Service. The Investment Advisory Service managed a group of accounts whose primary objective was the achievement of capital gains through investing in a limited number of situations.

General Electric, 1946-47

United States Navy, 1943-46

Additional current positions
Director, The Washington Post Company, a publicly held company
Director, New York Theatre Workshop (currently on leave of absence)
Board of Trustees, YWCA in New York
Member of Business Committee, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Education
BS, University of Minnesota, 1945
MBA, Harvard Business School, 1949 (with distinction)

Personal
Married to Joy Ruane, 4 children - William J. Ruane, Jr., Elizabeth Ruane Barrett, Paige Ruane and Tom Ruane.