A cut above the typical analyst in the technology sector, then a Wall Street backwater, Rajaratnam displayed a prodigious knowledge of the industry and an all-consuming desire to learn about the companies operating at the cutting edge. “When you are presenting a highly technical story, it is not too often you get an analyst who really understands it,” says Bob Anderson, one of the cofounders of KLA Instruments. “He clearly had the ability to understand what was going on.”
