THE MUSIC MAN

摘要

Remember the old joke about the pedestrian who stops a famous violinist in New York and asks, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The punch line - "practice" -in many ways sums up the life of Institutional Investor founder Gilbert Kaplan, who died on January 1 following abattle with cancer. The New York native was early to recognize that pension funds and the asset managers investing their money were fast becoming a driving force in financial markets, and he built a successful media business spanning magazines, newsletters, conferences, journals and research to meet both groups' needs. He went on to pursue an equally successful second career as an amateur conductor and music scholar, specializing in the work of Gustav Mahler, and led performances of the Austrian composer's Second Symphony with more than 60 orchestras.