Gregory Badishkanian Citi
The buy side says: “Greg is a walking Rolodex.”
Gregory Badishkanian climbs the final rung to finish on top for the first time. The Citi researcher “does a great job of connecting his industry contacts with clients — and he’s a great stock picker to boot,” says one fund manager. Badishkanian reiterated his buy on Polaris Industries in January, at $72.15, on the view that the off-road-vehicle manufacturer would continue to enjoy strong sales despite rising fuel prices. Boy, was he right. In July the Medina, Minnesota–based company reported that year-over-year net income rocketed 90.2 percent in the second quarter, to $48.7 million, thanks to a 41.1 percent increase in sales, to $607.9 million. The stock had raced to $109.87 by late August, for a 52.3 percent gain that bested the sector by 47.2 percentage points. Badishkanian, 42, earned an MBA at S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 1996, then joined Salomon Brothers (later bought by Citi) — and he has been with Citi ever since.
