Sophia Collier
Sophia Collier is an American author and entrepreneur. In 1977, at 21, Sophia (pronounced "Soph-eye-ah") Collier developed Soho Natural Soda in her kitchen in Brooklyn, New York and co-founded the American Natural Beverage Corp to distribute the product. The company grew to $25 million dollars in soft drink sales before the partners sold it to Seagram Beverage Company in 1989 for a reported US$15 million.[1][2] Written in 1976, and published in 1978, she also produced a book about her teen-aged life entitled Soul Rush in which she recounts her spiritual development, experimentation with recreational drug use and Eastern mysticism as a teenager.
In 1991 she established Citizens Advisers Inc., a mutual fund management company where Collier was the portfolio manager of Citizens Index Fund which achieved a five star rating by Morningstar, placing it in the top 10% of funds within its category.[2] At Citizens, Collier also managed the E-fund which achieved a #1 in its category shortly after it was established according to ranking service IBC/Donoghue and was called "among the more interesting products to emerge from the money fund arena in years."[3]
Citizens Funds was sold to Sentinel Investments in April 2008.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- Collier, Sophia (1978). Soul Rush: the odyssey of a young woman of the '70s. New York: Morrow. ISBN 0-688-03276-1.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Reinvention(s) of Sophia Collier, Part 2". http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/06/collier2.html?page=0%2C1. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ a b "Fund founder has success in many different ways - Oct. 29, 1999". CNN. 1999-10-29. http://money.cnn.com/1999/10/29/mutualfunds/funds_manager/. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "Give Citizens Trust E-Fund an 'A' for Innovation". CNN. 1999-10-29. http://money.cnn.com/1999/10/29/mutualfunds/funds_manager/. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ "Sentinel Investments Completes Citizens Funds Acquisition". http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/20208-Sentinel-Investments-Completes-Citizens-Funds-Acquisition. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
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