Staying open to opportunity. (Dennis Tito, president of Wilshire Associates Inc.)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: August 29, 1994| Author: Berger, Robin; Hamashige, Hope | Copyright information

Wilshire Associates' Dennis Tito updates concept of Renaissance man

Those who know him say Dennis Tito defies stereotyping of any kind. That has certainly been true of his professional life.

The one-time rocket scientist has transformed himself into a Wall Street name -- as president, co-founder and majority shareholder of Santa Monica-based Wilshire Associates Inc., a major institutional investment management and consulting firm.

The 160-worker firm direc...

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