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Investment Advisors
Judah S. Kraushaar, '80
Parker Center Advisory BoardJudah S. Kraushaar is the managing partner of Roaring Brook Capital L.P., a long/short equity investment partnership based in White Plains, New York. He is also co-author (with Sandy Weill) of a recently published book entitled, "The Real Deal-My Life in Business And Philanthropy."
Mr. Kraushaar has enjoyed many years working on Wall Street. From 1989 until 2003, Mr. Kraushaar served as a First Vice President in Merrill Lynch's Equity Research Department. Mr. Kraushaar headed the company's global research team for the financial services industry and specialized in Banks, Broker Dealers, and Asset Management Companies. From 1991 to 2002, he earned top honors in Institutional Investor Magazine's All-America Research Team Survey, Greenwich Research's annual survey of Institutional Investors, and the annual survey of leading analysts conducted by the Wall Street Journal. He has also been cited for his professional accomplishments by Fortune and Bloomberg Magazines. Mr. Kraushaar has been a repeat guest on Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week television program and has frequently appeared on other business television programs as well as having been quoted extensively in the print media.
Mr. Kraushaar began his career as a consultant for Chase Econometrics in 1980. In 1983, he took his first job on Wall Street in the Strategic Planning Department of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets (the firm's investment banking and institutional business). A year later, he moved to Merrill Lynch's Equity Research Department and covered Banks in the southern portion of the US. In 1987, Mr. Kraushaar accepted a position as lead Regional Bank analyst at Morgan Stanley where he worked for two years before being recruited back to Merrill Lynch to head the global financial services team.
Mr. Kraushaar was born on April 9, 1958 and was raised in Northern Virginia. He is an active alumnus of Cornell University where he earned his BA and MBA degrees. He is past president of the Bank & Financial Analysts Association, a professional group composed of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the financial services sector. In addition, Mr. Kraushaar serves on the Executive Committee of The American Jewish Committee, a well known human relations organization which promotes democracy, mutual understanding, and tolerance between people of different faiths and ethnicities. He also serves on the board of trustees for Commentary Magazine. Mr. Kraushaar is a lover of agriculture and markets beef and cut-your-own Christmas trees at his farm in Dutchess County, New York.
Mr. Kraushaar and his wife, Michele, reside in Westchester County, New York with their three children.
