Mario J. Gabelli is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer-Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors, Inc., a widely
recognized provider of investment advice and brokerage services to mutual funds,
institutional and high net worth investors. GAMCO Investors, Inc. is listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GBL.
Mr. Gabelli founded the firm in 1977 as a broker-dealer. It has since grown into
the diversified financial services corporation it is today.
Mr. Gabelli is a summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University and holds an MBA degree from
Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Roger
Williams University in Rhode Island.
He is a leading proponent of the Graham & Dodd school of securities analysis. He is a
pioneer in applying Graham & Dodd's principles to the analysis of domestic, cash
generating, franchise companies in a wide range of industries. His proprietary Private
Market Value methodology is now an analytical standard in the value investing community.
Mr. Gabelli is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member and former officer of the New York Society
of Security Analysts, the New York Society of Auto Analysts and the Entertainment Analysts Group
of New York. In addition to his own company, he is Chairman of Lynch Corporation and Lynch
Interactive, both listed on the American Stock Exchange. He is also:
- A Governor of the American Stock Exchange;
- A member of The Board of Overseers of Columbia University Graduate School of Business;
- A member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University;
- A member of the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams University;
- A former member of the Board of Trustees of Fordham Preparatory School.;
- Trustee of the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, which encourages
scientific and technological talent by providing scholarships and fellowships to
outstanding graduate students and professors to study and do research at Churchill
College, Cambridge, England;
- A former Trustee of the Dr. I. Fund Foundation, Hawthorne, New York, a humanitarian foundation
which provides funding for medical research;
- Trustee of the E. L. Wiegand Foundation in Reno, Nevada, which supports programs for education,
health, community and cultural affairs;
- Chairman, Patron's Committee for the Immaculate Conception School, the largest parochial
school in the Bronx, with more than 800 students;
- Former Commissioner of the New York State Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission;
- Recipient of the Columbus Citizens Foundation Award for Business and Education in 1994;
- Recipient of the 1996 Ellis Island Medal of Honor for Business Leaders;
- Cavaliere of the Italian Legions of Merit.
Mr. Gabelli has been a frequent commentator on CNBC and CNN. He has appeared six times on
"Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser". Mr. Gabelli is often written about in the financial
print media including Institutional Investor, Business Week, Fortune,
Forbes, Money and Changing Times. He has also contributed articles to
investment publications such as the Financial Analysts Handbook.
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