Vitaliy Katsenelson
Vitaliy Katsenelson is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Investment Management Associates. Dubbed as “the new Benjamin Graham” by Forbes Magazine, Katsenelson focuses on discovering undervalued companies for his clients. He started writing in 2004 and this new endeavor accelerated his growth as an investor and human being. With over 20 years of investment experience, Katsenelson shares his often contrarian views on investing in premier financial publications, such as Barron's, Financial Times, and Forbes. He also speaks to investor organizations in the United States and abroad.
Vitaliy Katsenelson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
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Lecturer
Academic History
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MS in Finance
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BS in Finance
- Katsenelson spent the first 18 years of his life in Murmansk, Russia.
- His family emigrated to the US in 1991.
- He taught his first investing class to undergraduates in 2001.
- He later taught Practical Equity Analysis at a graduate investment class at the University of Colorado at Denver.
- "Six Commandments of Value Investing" contains a comprehensive look at his approach to Value Investing, found at SixCommandments.com.
- He is a CFA charter holder, a member of CFA Institute, and has served on the board of the CFA Society of Colorado.
- Over 200,000 people receive his newsletter that includes topics outside of investing like parenting, travel, and classical music.
- His two books have been translated into eight languages.
- He was profiled in Barron’s.
- He has also been a guest on CNBC, Fox Business, BNN, and Yahoo! Finance.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
- He speaks regularly at conferences around the world:
- Value Investor Congress
- CFA Institute Wealth Conference
- Agora Symposium
- Casey Research Summit
- CFA Societies (on three continents)