An accomplished investment professional, William Harnisch serves as the chief investment strategist for Peconic Partners, a New York-based registered investment advisor. In this capacity, he oversees the investment process and promotes the firm’s overall growth. Having founded Peconic Partners in 2004, William Harnisch has since expanded it to include around a dozen clients and 15 employees while maintaining a compound annual return of more than 15 percent. This continued success is partially due to Mr. Harnisch’s focus on choosing investments based on their ability to outlast the ups and downs of the economy.William Harnisch earned a BBA from Baruch College of the City University of New York and an MBA from New York University. He joined Chase Manhattan Bank as an analyst and worked his way up to the role of vice president of special equity investment. He later joined Forstmann-Leff Associates, where he spent more than 25 years before shifting his focus to Peconic Partners.