So when a position opened up at the Seligman Communications and Information fund, the firm's then-chief investment officer asked Wick to take it over.
Today, the Columbia Seligman Technology and Information fund (CCIZX) that Wick began running on New Year's Day in 1990, has $8.5 billion in assets under management.
"It's really hard to guess how will the technology industry change in five years.
By now, Wick has relationships going back decades in the tech industry.
As of January, the Technology and Information fund held 2.96% of its assets in Bloom, up from 2.36% in October.