Dana Telsey

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Dana Telsey (born in New York City, New York) is the CEO and Chief Research Officer of Telsey Advisory Group. She is an American consultant and top-ranked equity research analyst covering the retail industry. Telsey has been ranked for 13 years, and was the number one ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for seven years.[1]

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[edit] Education and early career work

Telsey is a 1984 graduate of Hobart-William Smith College and has an M.B.A. degree from Fordham University.[2] Family members have worked in the fashion industry. Her grandmother worked at Bergdorf Goodman and her mother at Fred the Furrier in addition to the family bookstore on Madison Avenue.[3]

Telsey started at Barron Capital after her mother secured a secretary's position for Telsey from a former neighbor, Ron Baron, while meeting him on the street, and asking him, "Can you give Dana a job?"[4] Telsey was eventually promoted to Vice President of the Baron Asset Fund, a mutual fund of Barron Capital.[5] Later, she was an analyst at CJ Lawrence from 1991 to 1994.[4][6]

[edit] Bear Stearns and television career

She previously worked at Bear Stearns from 1994 to 2006, most recently as a Senior Managing Director. She is a frequent guest analyst on CNBC and CNN, and has been interviewed by ABC News, Wall Street Week, The Today Show, and NBC Nightly News.[2][4] Prior to being a top rated analyst at Bear Stearns, she worked at CJ Lawrence and with Baron Asset Fund.

She founded the Telsey Advisory Group in August 2006.[1]

[edit] Independent analyst role

CNN writes: "Some clients pay less than $100,000 a year for access to written reports, online computer models and news e-mails. Others pay several times that for direct access to Telsey and her team and customized services like mall tours. As an independent analyst, Telsey can give clients opinionated critiques of companies in a way her Wall Street brethren can't: She doesn't have to worry that publicly released reports will get back to management and impair her future access."[4]

[edit] Awards

  • Number one ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for seven years.[1]
  • Women-Owned Business of the Year by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce[7]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c PR NewsWire (2006-08-01). "Top Institutional Investor-Rated Retail Analyst Dana Telsey Launches Telsey Advisory Group". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  2. ^ a b Dana Telsey. Telsey Advisory Group. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  3. ^ Campbell, Patricia. "5th Avenue Meets Wall Street", Stocks, Futures and Options Magazine, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  4. ^ a b c d Hajim, Corey. "From shopaholic to star retail analyst", Fortune Magazine, 2006-12-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  5. ^ Speakers and Panellists: Dana Telsey. World Retail Congress (2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  6. ^ Mannes, George. "Lights, Camera, Stock Picks: When Analysts Become TV Stars", TheStreet.com, 2000-06-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  7. ^ BusinessWire (2007-11-07). "Telsey Advisory Group Named Women-Owned Business of the Year by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.