Albert Meyer
Albert Meyer is President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Portfolio Manager at Bastiat Capital. He is a veteran investment manager and forensic accountant who received international recognition for uncovering the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy, one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history. Meyer began his career in corporate accounting with Deloitte and subsequently dedicated 15 years to teaching accounting in academia. In 1996, Meyer began utilizing his forensic accounting expertise to investment management on a professional basis. He is also a frequent contributor to financial media on investing and accounting topics.
Albert Meyer Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
-
President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Portfolio Manager
- Meyer is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant.
- In 2005, he received the American Accounting Association’s highest honor, the Accounting Exemplar Award, in recognition of his many contributions to the field of Accounting.
- His work uncovering accounting fraud at New Era Philanthropy was covered extensively.
- He published the research report on Tyco International that ultimately led to the prosecution and imprisonment of Dennis Kozlowski.
- He has also uncovered noteworthy accounting irregularities at Enron, Lucent, and Coca-Cola.
- His work on Coca-Cola and eBay became the basis of several Harvard Business School case studies.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.