Robert Robotti

Robert Robotti is President of Robotti & Company, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and President of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisor. Mr. Robotti is a Managing Member of Ravenswood Management Company, LLC, which serves as the General Partner of The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. and Ravenswood II, L.P. Prior to forming Robotti & Company in 1983, he was vice president and shareholder of Gabelli & Company, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant and served in public accounting roles before coming to Wall Street. Bob holds a B.S. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. in Accounting from Pace University. For over twenty years, Bob has focused his research and investments on finding undervalued and out-of-favor micro, small and mid cap value stocks. He has successfully applied a long-term, contrarian approach to uncover value stocks before the general market recognizes them. Some of Bob’s areas of coverage include Oil & Gas Producers, Oil Service, Property-Casualty Insurance, Manufactured Housing Industry, and Special Situations such as Rights Offerings and De-Registrations. Mr. Robotti currently serves on the Board of Directors of Panhandle Royalty Company (Amex: PHX). He is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees for the company. Panhandle Royalty Company, located in Oklahoma City, is a diversified mineral holding company engaged in the acquisition, ownership, management and development of its fee minerals. He has recently joined the Board of Directors of Bishop Capital Corporation, a Wyoming based company, that engages in the development and sale of real estate properties. Mr. Robotti was recently a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies. The SEC established the advisory committee to examine the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other aspects of the federal securities laws on smaller companies. Over the years, Bob’s research and opinions have been sought out and quoted by media outlets such as Barron’s, Bloomberg, Dow Jones and MSNBC among others. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, serves as a Director and is the Treasurer of the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Xavier High School.