Monty Guild

Montague "Monty" Guild Jr. (b.1942) is the founder and CEO of Guild Investment Management located in Los Angeles, California.[1] He was an analyst at a bank and hedge fund from 1968 to 1970. In 1971, Monty Guild Jr. founded Guild Investment Management in Southern California. He holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California and an MBA with honors from California State University.

Guild was an early devotee of Transcendental Meditation.[1] He served as president and chairman of the board of the Maharishi Heaven on Earth Development Corp., a company devoted to developing 50 communities of meditators, called "ideal villages", in the US and Canada.[2] In 1996, he placed 95th on a list of contributors to US political parties over the prior year, on account of the $171,000 he gave to the Natural Law Party.[3][4] He announced in 2003 that he was bankrolling the construction of a proposed "Peace Palace" in Los Angeles.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Piccalo, Gina (August 2, 2003). "Good vibes; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi plans to promote world harmony from a soon-to-be-built 'palace' in L.A. An affluent area is preferred.". Los Angeles Times: p. E.1. 
  2. ^ BECKLUND, LAURIE (March 27, 1988). "Firm Sells Bits of Heaven on Earth at $500,000 a Bit". Los Angeles Times: p. 3. 
  3. ^ "The top 150 contributors". USA TODAY (McLean, Va.): p. 06.A. April 17, 1997. 
  4. ^ "Top 400 Contributors". Mother Jones Magazine: p. 55. May-Jun 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=tucDAAAAMBAJ. 

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