Bob is a Managing Director and Principal at Robertson Stephens. He has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years.
He has conducted on-site due diligence on frontier market companies in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, and Ivory Coast), Eastern Europe (Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Ukraine), Asia (Bangladesh, Laos, and Vietnam), and met staff at the Nepal stock exchange in Kathmandu.
Bob graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from UW-Madison. He is a member of the CFA Society of Milwaukee, GMEBC, and WRPPL, and currently serves on several boards, including the Milwaukee County Council Boy Scouts of America Endowment Fund and the UWM Foundation. He is also heavily involved with Make a Difference – Wisconsin, a non-profit organization that provides financial literacy education to high school seniors throughout Wisconsin. He currently serves on the Board and is a former President.
He and his wife live in downtown Milwaukee. They have two adult children, and they enjoy time with their four grandchildren. He enjoys skiing and spending time at their family cabin in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. His current pet project is to raise funds to remove invasive species and restore the bluff in Juneau Park.