Nelson Obus
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- New York University (B.A.)
- Brandeis University (M.A.)
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| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) |
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| Occupation(s) | Co-founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer of Wynnefield Capital, Inc. |
| Website | WynnefieldCapital.com nelsonobus.com/ |
Nelson Obus is an American businessman, hedge fund manager and out-spoken critic of the SEC. He is the co-founder, president and Chief Investment Officer of Wynnefield Capital, Inc., an employee-owned hedge fund, specializing in value stocks of small-cap companies.[1][2]
Obus, the son of a retail stockbroker, was born in 1947 and grew up in Wynnefield, a neighborhood of Philadelphia.[3][4] He received a B.A. from New York University and an M.A. in Political Science from Brandeis University. After college he turned down a job on Wall Street and taught natural history for the Massachusetts Audubon Society and was Director of Interpretive Services for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management beginning in 1977.[4][5] In 1981 he began working as an Analyst at the investment bank Lazard Freres & Co. with future Wynnefield Capital partner Joshua Landes.[4][6] At the time of his departure in 1992 he was Director of Sell Side Research in the Equity Sales Department.