George Putnam III is editor and founder of The Turnaround Letter, a newsletter published by New Generation Research, Inc. which deals with investment opportunities related to distressed securities, bankruptcies and turnarounds. He is also president of New Generation Advisers, Inc., which manages a hedge fund which invests in distressed securities.
He graduated from St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts where he is an active trustee making a speech at graduation every year.[1]
Putnam is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.[1]
He is also a trustee for Putnam Investments, a mutual fund group founded by his grandfather George Putnam, and an Overseer of the Sea Education Association.