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Shunning High Fliers in Favor of Insurance, Payments and Security Software George Tharakan is the co-founder and chief investment officer of Alamar Capital Management LLC, a private wealth management firm in Santa Barbara, California. Previously he was the Director of Research and Portfolio Manager at Santa Barbara Asset Management. Prior to becoming an investor, Mr. Tharakan was an engineer at Intel Corporation where he designed microprocessors. He is currently the Co-Chair of the CFA Institut...