Samuel A. Ramirez Sr.
Samuel A. Ramirez Sr. | |
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Born | (1941) New York, New York |
Occupation | Founder and President, Ramirez & Co. |
Samuel A. Ramirez Sr. (born 1941) made
Early years
Ramirez's parents moved from
Ramirez enrolled in
Ramirez & Co.
In 1971, with an investment of $50,000, Ramirez launched his own firm, Ramirez & Co. The company specializes in the distribution of municipal bonds, and provides retail and institutional sales along with investment banking services to corporations and state and local governments. In order to gain recognition and alliances from other firms, Ramirez decided to not make the yet small Hispanic market his primary focus.
The firm operates out of eight offices across the United States, on both coasts and in Texas, Chicago, and San Juan, Puerto Rico and has a total of 110 employees.[3] His son Samuel A. Ramirez Jr. is Senior Vice President and the Managing Director of the firm.[5] His daughter Christa, also works for the company and has underwritten new issues and his son-in-law Chris Harpen, is an investment consultant.[3]
Later years
Ramirez's wife, Diane, is the president of
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. Introduces The Ramirez Hispanic Index Equally-Weighted Portfolio Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ hispanicbusiness.com Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Hispanic Business
- ^ a b c Hispanic Magazine 2005 Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Breaking the walls of stereotype: the top 25 Latinos in finance
- ^ The human side of Wall Street