Richard F. Aster

Mr. Richard F.
Aster, Jr., is Founder & Portfolio Manager at Aster Investment Management Co., Inc. He founded Aster Investment Management Co., Inc in march 1977.
Previously, he worked for the U.
S.
Treasury Department and invested privately before joining Newburger, Loeb & Company, a New York Stock Exchange firm, in 1970.
He worked for Newburger, Loeb for almost two years as a West Coast analyst before joining Robertson, Colman, Siebel & Weisel (which became Montgomery Securities and subsequently Banc of America Securities, Montgomery Division).
His responsibilities at Montgomery Securities included formulating the firm’s economic overview and investment strategy.
His primary areas of research included emerging growth stocks and special situations covering a broad number of industries.
Mr. Aster has undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.