Our Team

Robert Robotti is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Robotti & Company. Bob holds a BS from Bucknell University and an MBA in Accounting from Pace University. Prior to forming Robotti & Company, Incorporated in 1983, Bob worked as vice president and CFO at Gabelli & Company, Inc., and is currently an inactive CPA.

Bob serves on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed portfolio companies. NYSE-listed real estate company, AMREP Corporation, located in Germantown, PA, NYSE-listed Tidewater, Inc. which owns and operates one of the largest fleets of Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) in the industry, and chairs the board of TSX-listed licenser of seismic data to the Oil and Gas Industry, Pulse Seismic. He was previously a board member of BMC Building Materials Holding Corporation, prior to its merger with Builders Firstsource and served on the board of Calgary based Mineral and Oil and Natural Gas royalty company PrarieSky Royalty Ltd.

In addition, he serves on the Boards of many non-profit organizations where he generously donates his time and expertise. Previously, Bob was a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies, established to examine the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other aspects of the federal securities law. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck

Erwin Mevorah is the Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Robotti & Company and is responsible for the oversight of the financial and administrative aspects of the firm. Erwin’s career has focused on middle market companies where he has been heavily involved in the finance and administrative functions. Prior to joining Robotti & Company, Erwin was the CFO of CoActive Marketing Group, a publicly traded marketing services company. During the period from 1995-2003, Erwin was the CFO at two different venture/private equity backed media companies and prior to that spent seven years at The Gabelli Group.

Erwin started his career at Coopers & Lybrand where he was employed for four years and had a client base that had a particular emphasis on middle market entrepreneurial type companies. Erwin is a CPA and holds a BBA and an MBA from Pace University. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

Karin Chadwick is a Managing Director of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC. Karin is responsible for the operations, trading and client services of the Adviser. Prior to joining the firm in early 1996, Karin spent four years with the Gap, Inc. in successive store management positions. Karin holds a BBA in International Business & Finance from Ohio University and holds the FINRA Series 7, 55, 63, 65 and 99 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

Dan joined Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC in 2013. Dan is a Senior Investment Associate at Robotti focusing on fundamental equity research along with special situation investment opportunities. Prior to joining Robotti, Dan was the Director of Investments for VMP Holdings, a privately held family office. At VMP Holdings, Dan was primarily responsible for securities analysis, asset allocation, and conducting due diligence. Before joining VMP, Dan worked as an equities and derivatives trader at Ingalls & Snyder LLC. After graduating from Villanova University with a BA in Economics, Dan began his career at Merrill Lynch where he worked in trading, operations, and finance roles. Dan is a CFA Charterholder, a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and has completed the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) program. Dan holds the FINRA Series 7, 86, and 87 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

Curtis Jensen is a portfolio manager focusing on a fundamentals-based strategy, grounded in primary research, to identify securities whose public market prices diverge significantly from a conservative estimate of intrinsic or economic value. Prior to joining Robotti & Company Advisors in 2016, Curtis was employed by Third Avenue Management in various roles from 1995 to 2014. Curtis oversaw that firm’s Small-Cap strategy and, from 2003 until 2009, he also served as Co-Chief Investment Officer, along with the firm’s founder, Martin Whitman, until being named sole CIO in January of 2010. Curtis was a member of the firm’s management and risk committees and oversaw the recruiting and mentoring of the firm’s research team. During his tenure at Third Avenue Curtis was a member of the nominating committee of the Board of Directors at Investor AB, Sweden’s leading industrial holding company. Curtis holds a BA in Economics from Williams College and an MBA from Yale University School of Management.

David initially joined Robotti & Company in 2005 and currently acts as a Senior Investment Associate and provides research analysis for Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC, including its pooled vehicles and separately managed accounts. David is a graduate of Albertus Magnus College, where he received a BS in Business Administration and Finance. David holds the FINRA Series 7, 63, 65, 86, and 87 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

David Kessler is a Senior Investment Associate with Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC.  Prior to joining the firm in 2009, he was a Research Analyst Consultant with Aquamarine Capital and a Portfolio Management Associate with Rochdale Investment Management.  David received an MBA from Columbia Business School.  He was a member of Columbia’s Applied Value Investing Program and gained valuable experience as a summer analyst with Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (Sequoia Fund).  David graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Finance and Marketing. David holds the FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

Ben Rubenstein is an Investment Associate for Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Ben worked at Chesapeake Partners, Kimco Realty, Larch Lane Advisors' and Federated Investors. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2014 with a BA in Economics.

Isaac Schwartz is a portfolio manager and seeks to achieve long-term gains by investing in undervalued securities (primarily stocks) of companies throughout the world. Isaac serves as a director of Menu Group (U.K.) Ltd., the leading online food delivery platform in several former Soviet Republics, and of Complete Start Inc., a plant-based health food company in the U.S. Prior to joining Robotti & Company in 2002, Isaac worked for Schiff’s Insurance Observer, an investigative journal, where he did research on the property-casualty and annuity insurance industries. Isaac graduated from Wharton with a BS in Economics.

Theo van der Meer joined Robotti & Company in 2012 and is currently a Senior Investment Associate of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC. Theo graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Physics and a correlate in Economics. He has also attended the Columbia Business School Value Investing Executive Education Program. Theo's focus is on small cap equities, mid cap equities, and special situations. Theo holds the FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

Alan Weber is a Research Associate for Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC.  After having spent two years with Robotti & Company from 1993 to 1995, Alan was an analyst at Prescott Investors and rejoined us in 2000.  Prior to 1993, Alan was an analyst with American Securities, Fund America and Bear Stearns over a period of ten years.  Alan holds an MBA from St. John’s University and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Queens College. Alan holds the FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses with Robotti Securities, LLC. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

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