In Asset Management, Does Personality Matter?
Bill Gross’s dramatic PIMCO departure shows how important a star can be in investment management, but a box office name does not always equal returns.
Imogen Rose-Smith
December 17, 2025
Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), left, speaks to Erik Schatzker prior to an alumni event hosted by UCLA Anderson School of Management in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Gross said the European debt crisis is the top risk to the U.S. economy currently. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Bill Gross; Erik Schatzker
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