Garnett Keith
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SeaBridge Investment Advisors, LLC
In addition to being Chairman and CEO, Garnett Keith is also a Portfolio Manager
at SeaBridge Investment Advisors, LLC and holds Chartered Financial Analyst and
Chartered Financial Consultant designations. From 1984 to 1996 Keith was the
Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of The Prudential Insurance Company
of America, supervising the company's global investment activities comprising
roughly $250 billion at year-end 1995. Between 1977 and 1984, he supervised
Prudential's Corporate Finance and Pension Asset Management activities. As
Chief Investment Officer, he was responsible for Prudential's investment
operations in nine foreign countries.
Keith is a Trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a philanthropic
endowment with assets of $18 billion, serving as the Chairman of its Finance
Committee overseeing its investment programs. Keith is also Chairman of
Whitecap Capital Company, a private investment company which invests capital
from insurance companies in privately held businesses. In addition, he serves
on the Board of Directors of SUPERVALU Inc.
Keith is a member of the Audit Committee of the Acosta Board of Directors. He is
a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and received an MBA from
Harvard Business School.