Mario Gabelli
Mario Gabelli is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of GAMCO Investors, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund. He also serves as executive chairman of Associated Capital Group, an investment management business that spun off from GAMCO in 2015. Gabelli is a legendary mutual fund investor. His reputation for stock-picking took off in the 1980s, when he found success betting on the media and telecommunications sectors. His proprietary Private Market Value with a Catalyst™ methodology is now an analytical standard in the value investing community. He is also a leading proponent of the Graham & Dodd school of securities analysis. In addition, Gabelli is a big donor to higher education and a signatory of the Giving Pledge.
Mario Gabelli Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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B.S., Accounting, Summa Cum Laude
He is the Chairman and CEO of GAMCO Investors, an NYSE company and a widely recognized provider of investment advice to alternative investments, mutual funds, institutional and private wealth management.
He founded the firm in 1977 as an institutional broker-dealer. It has since grown into the diversified financial services corporation it is today.
Today GAMCO provides solutions across value and growth equity asset classes, socially responsive, convertibles, industry sector-specific funds, merger arbitrage, and fixed income.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board of Overseer, Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Board of Trustee, Roger Williams University
Board of Director, American-Italian Cancer Foundation
Trustee, Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States
Trustee, E.L. Wiegand Foundation
Member, Fordham's President's Council
RECOGNITION
1997 Portfolio Manager of the Year, Morningstar
2011 Money Manager of the Year, Institutional Investor
Founder's Award, Fordham University
Ignis Medal, Fordham University
Honorary Degree, Roger Williams University
PHILANTHROPY
Gabelli also funded the Gabelli School PhD program, which welcomed its first students in fall 2016.
In gratitude, the University renamed the undergraduate business college the Gabelli School of Business in 2010; five years later, the undergraduate and graduate business schools were unified under the Gabelli name.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Gabelli is a frequent commentator on CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg News.
He is often quoted in financial media including Barron's, Institutional Investor, Forbes, Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, Financial Times, and MarketWatch.