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'''Robert A. Muh''' (born January 7, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, investor, economist and philanthropist. He is the CEO of the [https://suttersecurities.com/ Sutter Securities] Incorporated investment firm in [[San Francisco, California]].
'''Robert A. Muh''' (born January 7, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, investor, economist and philanthropist. He is a board member of [https://suttersecurities.com/ Sutter Securities] Incorporated, an investment firm in [[San Francisco, California]].

== Early life and career ==
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Muh was born on January 7, 1938, and raised on Long Island to immigrant Jewish parents from Germany and Austria. He attended the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) where he earned a S.B. in Management in 1959.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh |url=http://shass.mit.edu/community/muh |accessdate=2016-09-24 |website=Shass.mit.edu}}</ref> He then went to Columbia University where he earned an [[MBA]] and a Master of Philosophy degree in finance.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |date= |title=MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh |url=http://shass.mit.edu/community/muh |accessdate=2016-09-24 |publisher=Shass.mit.edu}}</ref> While he was teaching finance at Columbia Business School, he met Berit Spant, a student in operations research at Columbia University Graduate School of Business.<ref name="columbia1" /> They both went to work at McKinsey & Co. and were married in 1968. They have two daughters and three grandchildren.


== Business career ==
== Business career ==
Muh served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army before beginning his business career as a management consultant at [[McKinsey & Co.]] from 1966-1969.<ref name="finra1">{{cite web|url=http://www.finra.org/web/groups/industry/@ip/@reg/@notice/documents/notices/p120603.pdf#Muh |title=Election Notice - 12/18/09 |website=FINRA.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> He then left to become chairman of a [[New York Stock Exchange]] member firm, Newburger, Loeb & Co, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1992/elected-0603.html |title=Eleven Elected to MIT Corporation &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=1992-06-03 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> In 1972, Muh joined Bear Stearns & Co. as head of the Los Angeles region corporate finance department. He became a general partner at [[Bear Stearns]] in 1982 and served as senior managing director of the San Francisco region from 1984 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttersecurities.com/content/staff_rmuh.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112042336/http://www.suttersecurities.com/content/staff_rmuh.htm |archivedate=November 12, 2012 }}</ref> He was President of Financial Services International Inc. from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, Muh co-founded Sutter Securities, Inc., a full-service investment-banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. He has served as CEO of Sutter Securities and was its President until 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttersecurities.com/Staff/staff_rmuh.html |title=Sutter Securities |publisher=Sutter Securities |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>
Muh served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army before beginning his business career as a management consultant at [[McKinsey & Company|McKinsey & Co.]] from 1966 to 1969. He then left to become chairman of a [[New York Stock Exchange]] member firm, Newburger, Loeb & Co, Inc. In 1972, Muh joined Bear Stearns & Co. as head of the Los Angeles region corporate finance department. He became a general partner at [[Bear Stearns]] in 1982 and served as senior managing director of the San Francisco region from 1984 to 1987. He was President of Financial Services International Inc. from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, Muh co-founded Sutter Securities, Inc., a full-service investment-banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. He served as CEO of Sutter Securities and was president until 2020.


Muh is the former chair of the [[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]] (FINRA) District Committee for Northern California, Northern Nevada and Hawaii; FINRA is the successor to the NASD and is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finra.org/ |title=FINRA.org |website=FINRA.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> he served as Chairman of the FINRA Small Firm Advisory Board <ref name="finra1"/> and he was the Vice Chair of the National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers (NAIBD).<ref>[http://www.naibd.com/Board.htm#muh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908014533/http://www.naibd.com/Board.htm |date=September 8, 2011 }}</ref> In September 2016, Muh was elected to a three-year term on the FINRA Board of Governors.<ref>{{cite web|last=Michaels |first=Dave |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/finra-board-seat-goes-to-ex-bear-stearns-partner-in-tight-race-1474309326 |title=Finra Board Seat Goes to Ex-Bear Stearns Partner in Tight Race |website=WSJ.com |date=2016-09-19 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>
Muh is the former chair of the [[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]] (FINRA) District Committee for Northern California, Northern Nevada and Hawaii; FINRA is the successor to the NASD and is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finra.org/ |title=FINRA.org |website=FINRA.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> he served as Chairman of the FINRA Small Firm Advisory Board <ref name="finra1">{{cite web|url=http://www.finra.org/web/groups/industry/@ip/@reg/@notice/documents/notices/p120603.pdf#Muh |title=Election Notice - 12/18/09 |website=FINRA.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> and he was the Vice Chair of the National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers (NAIBD).<ref>[http://www.naibd.com/Board.htm#muh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908014533/http://www.naibd.com/Board.htm|date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> In September 2016, Muh was elected to a three-year term on the FINRA Board of Governors.<ref>{{cite web|last=Michaels |first=Dave |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/finra-board-seat-goes-to-ex-bear-stearns-partner-in-tight-race-1474309326 |title=Finra Board Seat Goes to Ex-Bear Stearns Partner in Tight Race |website=WSJ.com |date=2016-09-19 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>


He has taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at [[Columbia Business School]]<ref name="columbia1">{{cite web|url=http://www7.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/news/Bob-Muh-61-Berit-Spant-Muh-66 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215080613/http://www7.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/news/Bob-Muh-61-Berit-Spant-Muh-66 |archivedate=December 15, 2011 }}</ref> and is a former Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfca.edu/law/investorjustice/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065142/http://www.usfca.edu/law/investorjustice/ |archivedate=September 5, 2011 }}</ref> Muh has served as a director of multiple companies including Sizzler International Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_May_30/ai_19454807/ |title=CBSi |website=FindArticles.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> DayRunner, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert A. Muh |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=560415&privcapId=2410201&previousCapId=19691&previousTitle=CISCO%20SYSTEMS%20INC |title=Robert A. Muh: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek |website=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> SOLA International Inc., Far West Financial, World Wide Restaurants, Dollar Rent-A-Car and Koo Koo Roo, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KOO+KOO+ROO,+INC.+ELECTS+ROBERT+MUH+AND+ROBERT+KAUTZ,+CFO,+TO+ITS...-a017855004 |title=Koo Koo Roo, Inc. Elects Robert Muh And Robert Kautz, Cfo, To Its Board Of Directors - Free Online Library |website=Thefreelibrary.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>
He has taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at [[Columbia Business School]]<ref name="columbia1">{{cite web|url=http://www7.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/news/Bob-Muh-61-Berit-Spant-Muh-66 |title=Bob Muh '61 and Berit (Spant) Muh '66 &#124; Columbia Business School Alumni |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215080613/http://www7.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/news/Bob-Muh-61-Berit-Spant-Muh-66 |archivedate=December 15, 2011 }}</ref> and is a former adjunct professor at the [[University of San Francisco School of Law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfca.edu/law/investorjustice/ |title=Investor Justice Clinic - University of San Francisco School of Law |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065142/http://www.usfca.edu/law/investorjustice/ |archivedate=September 5, 2011 }}</ref> Muh has served as a director of multiple companies including Sizzler International Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_May_30/ai_19454807/ |title=CBSi |website=FindArticles.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> DayRunner, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert A. Muh |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=560415&privcapId=2410201&previousCapId=19691&previousTitle=CISCO%20SYSTEMS%20INC |title=Robert A. Muh: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek |website=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> SOLA International Inc., Far West Financial, World Wide Restaurants, Dollar Rent-A-Car and Koo Koo Roo, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KOO+KOO+ROO,+INC.+ELECTS+ROBERT+MUH+AND+ROBERT+KAUTZ,+CFO,+TO+ITS...-a017855004 |title=Koo Koo Roo, Inc. Elects Robert Muh And Robert Kautz, Cfo, To Its Board Of Directors - Free Online Library |website=Thefreelibrary.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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Muh was born on January 7, 1938, and raised on Long Island to immigrant Jewish parents from Germany and Austria. He attended the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) where he earned a S.B. in Management in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shass.mit.edu/community/muh |title=MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh |website=Shass.mit.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> He then went to Columbia University where he earned an MBA and a Master of Philosophy degree in Finance.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://shass.mit.edu/community/muh |title=MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh |publisher=Shass.mit.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> While he was teaching finance at Columbia Business School, he met Berit Spant, a student in operations research at Columbia University Graduate School of Business.<ref name="columbia1"/> They both went to work at McKinsey & Co. and were married in 1968. They have two daughters and three grandchildren.


==Philanthropy and other interests==
==Philanthropy and other interests==
Muh has made contributions to numerous organizations, mostly in the arts and education. He founded and endowed the MIT Robert A. Muh Alumni Award in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to honor MIT graduates for significant achievements in humanities, arts, and social sciences fields.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2011-robert-muh-alumni-award-about |title=MIT SHASS: News - 2011 - Robert A. Muh Alumni Award - About |website=Shass.mit.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> Winners of the Robert A. Muh Award have included former Secretary of State [[George Shultz]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/shultz-0402.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217051949/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/shultz-0402.html |archivedate=December 17, 2013 }}</ref> President of [[Northeastern University]] [[Joseph E. Aoun|Joseph Aoun]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/aoun-muh-alumni-award.html |title=Joseph Aoun PhD '82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni Award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2011-10-21 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> Former Kennedy Center President [[Michael Kaiser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/muh.html |title=MIT Sloan alum Michael Kaiser, of Kennedy Center, wins 2007 Muh award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2007-02-28 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> cellist Carlos Prieto and Nobel laureate in Economics [[Robert C. Merton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facEmId%3Drmerton%26facInfo%3Dbio |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917002432/http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facEmId=rmerton&facInfo=bio |archivedate=September 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/muh-award-0223.html |title=Economist Robert C. Merton to receive Muh Award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2009-02-25 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> He has been very involved with his alma mater, MIT, where he is a Life Member Emeritus of the MIT Corporation, was a Chair of the Humanities Visiting Committee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/view/143 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609065538/http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/view/143 |archivedate=June 9, 2010 }}</ref> and he has served on several of the school's visiting committees including the Sloan School.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In 1989, he also established the Muh Family UROP Fund for MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program "to support research by promising undergraduates in management, economics, or political science".<ref>[http://mit.edu/urop/modes/awards.html#Morris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630144958/http://mit.edu/urop/modes/awards.html |date=June 30, 2012 }}</ref>
Muh has founded and endowed the MIT Robert A. Muh Alumni Award in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to honor MIT graduates for significant achievements in humanities, arts, and social sciences fields.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2011-robert-muh-alumni-award-about |title=MIT SHASS: News - 2011 - Robert A. Muh Alumni Award - About |website=Shass.mit.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120050610/http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2011-robert-muh-alumni-award-about |url-status=dead }}</ref> Winners of the Robert A. Muh Award have included former Secretary of State [[George Shultz]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/shultz-0402.html |title=SHASS awardee George Shultz to speak on 'Reflections' April 9 - MIT News Office |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217051949/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/shultz-0402.html |archivedate=December 17, 2013 }}</ref> President of [[Northeastern University]] [[Joseph E. Aoun|Joseph Aoun]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/aoun-muh-alumni-award.html |title=Joseph Aoun PhD '82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni Award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2011-10-21 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> Former Kennedy Center President [[Michael Kaiser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/muh.html |title=MIT Sloan alum Michael Kaiser, of Kennedy Center, wins 2007 Muh award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2007-02-28 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> cellist Carlos Prieto and Nobel laureate in Economics [[Robert C. Merton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facEmId%3Drmerton%26facInfo%3Dbio |title=Biography - Robert C. Merton |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917002432/http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facEmId=rmerton&facInfo=bio |archivedate=September 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/muh-award-0223.html |title=Economist Robert C. Merton to receive Muh Award &#124; MIT News |website=Web.mit.edu |date=2009-02-25 |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> He maintains a significant involvement with his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds the distinguished position of Life Member Emeritus within the MIT Corporation and has previously served as the Chair of the Humanities Visiting Committee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/view/143 |title=Robert A. Muh Alumni Award &#124; Series &#124; MIT World |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609065538/http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/view/143 |archivedate=June 9, 2010 }}</ref> and he has served on several of the school's visiting committees including the Sloan School.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In 1989, he also established the Muh Family UROP Fund for MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program "to support research by promising undergraduates in management, economics, or political science".<ref>[http://mit.edu/urop/modes/awards.html#Morris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630144958/http://mit.edu/urop/modes/awards.html|date=June 30, 2012}}</ref>

Muh has served as a trustee and Chairman of the Board of the [[Culinary Institute of America]] where he has served as co-chair of the school's investment committee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culinary.imodules.com/s/898/images/editor_documents/advancement/annual_report08.pdf |title=AnnRpt0708-206.qxp:Layout 1 |website=Culinary.imodules.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> and Muh and his wife helped to establish a New Works Fund at the San Francisco Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfballet.org/donate/endowment_foundation/endowed_funds |title=San Francisco Ballet - Endowed Funds |website=Sfballet.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfballet.org/res/pdfs/legacynews/Legacy_News_winter08.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217083208/http://www.sfballet.org/res/pdfs/legacynews/Legacy_News_winter08.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2013 }}</ref> Muh served as a trustee and Vice Chair of the Napa Valley Opera House in [[Napa, CA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvoh.org/index.php/information |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217130040/http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/information |archivedate=December 17, 2011 }}</ref> and the Muhs were major supporters of the Opera House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/the-perils-and-pearls-of-a-classical-concert/article_889ac026-974d-5bf2-8617-cf6fe90deb20.html |title=The perils and pearls of a classical concert &#124; Entertainment |website=Napavalleyregister.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/inv/entertainment/attractions/napa-valley-opera-house-celebrates-its-th-anniversary/article_10fe1b6b-1de0-5f56-bbeb-84eeac4beb28.html |title=Napa Valley Opera House celebrates its 130th anniversary &#124; Things to Do |website=Napavalleyregister.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> Muh produced a musical tribute to composer Harry Warren and he has narrated Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the [[Boston Pops]] at Symphony Hall in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/component/content/article/445 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215000003/http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/component/content/article/445 |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref> Muh has been a partner in KMW Farms for more than 40 years. KMW Farms was the breeder of Pine Chip, a trotter that won the Breeders Crown and set the world record for the mile in 1994. The Muhs are also the founders of the Atlas Peak Foundation in support of education and the arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlaspeakfoundation.org/ |title=The Atlas Peak Foundation |publisher=The Atlas Peak Foundation |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>
Muh has served as a trustee and chairman of the Board of the [[Culinary Institute of America]] where he has served as co-chair of the school's investment committee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culinary.imodules.com/s/898/images/editor_documents/advancement/annual_report08.pdf |title=AnnRpt0708-206.qxp:Layout 1 |website=Culinary.imodules.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> and Muh and his wife helped to establish a New Works Fund at the San Francisco Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfballet.org/donate/endowment_foundation/endowed_funds |title=San Francisco Ballet - Endowed Funds |website=Sfballet.org |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfballet.org/res/pdfs/legacynews/Legacy_News_winter08.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217083208/http://www.sfballet.org/res/pdfs/legacynews/Legacy_News_winter08.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2013 }}</ref> Muh served as a trustee and Vice Chair of the Napa Valley Opera House in [[Napa, CA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvoh.org/index.php/information |title=Trustees |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217130040/http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/information |archivedate=December 17, 2011 }}</ref> and the Muhs were major supporters of the Opera House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/the-perils-and-pearls-of-a-classical-concert/article_889ac026-974d-5bf2-8617-cf6fe90deb20.html |title=The perils and pearls of a classical concert &#124; Entertainment |website=Napavalleyregister.com |date= February 21, 2008|accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/inv/entertainment/attractions/napa-valley-opera-house-celebrates-its-th-anniversary/article_10fe1b6b-1de0-5f56-bbeb-84eeac4beb28.html |title=Napa Valley Opera House celebrates its 130th anniversary &#124; Things to Do |website=Napavalleyregister.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref> Muh produced a musical tribute to composer Harry Warren and he has narrated Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the [[Boston Pops]] at Symphony Hall in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/component/content/article/445 |title=Ovation 2010 |accessdate=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215000003/http://www.nvoh.org/index.php/component/content/article/445 |archivedate=December 15, 2010 }}</ref> Muh has been a partner in KMW Farms for more than 40 years. KMW Farms was the breeder of Pine Chip, a trotter that won the Breeders Crown and set the world record for the mile in 1994. The Muhs are also the founders of the Atlas Peak Foundation in support of education and the arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlaspeakfoundation.org/ |title=The Atlas Peak Foundation |publisher=The Atlas Peak Foundation |date= |accessdate=2016-09-24 |archive-date=June 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624155638/http://www.atlaspeakfoundation.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/fall_09/profile_robert_muh MIT Robert A Muh Profile]
* [http://shass.mit.edu/magazine/fall_09/profile_robert_muh MIT Robert A Muh Profile]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/02/06/STYLE15526.dtl SF Gate article; Even a ballet in exile needs an opening night party or two]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/02/06/STYLE15526.dtl SF Gate article; Even a ballet in exile needs an opening night party or two]
* [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-03-14/business/0503140139_1_gardner-rich-chris-gardner-homeless-shelter Chicago Tribune article; His biggest deal - Life; Chris Gardner's boss Bob Muh quoted]
* [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/03/14/his-biggest-deal-life/ Chicago Tribune article; His biggest deal - Life; Chris Gardner's boss Bob Muh quoted]


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Latest revision as of 14:03, 2 December 2024

Robert A. Muh (born January 7, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, investor, economist and philanthropist. He is a board member of Sutter Securities Incorporated, an investment firm in San Francisco, California.

Early life and career

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Muh was born on January 7, 1938, and raised on Long Island to immigrant Jewish parents from Germany and Austria. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he earned a S.B. in Management in 1959.[1] He then went to Columbia University where he earned an MBA and a Master of Philosophy degree in finance.[2] While he was teaching finance at Columbia Business School, he met Berit Spant, a student in operations research at Columbia University Graduate School of Business.[3] They both went to work at McKinsey & Co. and were married in 1968. They have two daughters and three grandchildren.

Business career

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Muh served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army before beginning his business career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. from 1966 to 1969. He then left to become chairman of a New York Stock Exchange member firm, Newburger, Loeb & Co, Inc. In 1972, Muh joined Bear Stearns & Co. as head of the Los Angeles region corporate finance department. He became a general partner at Bear Stearns in 1982 and served as senior managing director of the San Francisco region from 1984 to 1987. He was President of Financial Services International Inc. from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, Muh co-founded Sutter Securities, Inc., a full-service investment-banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. He served as CEO of Sutter Securities and was president until 2020.

Muh is the former chair of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) District Committee for Northern California, Northern Nevada and Hawaii; FINRA is the successor to the NASD and is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States;[4] he served as Chairman of the FINRA Small Firm Advisory Board [5] and he was the Vice Chair of the National Association of Independent Broker/Dealers (NAIBD).[6] In September 2016, Muh was elected to a three-year term on the FINRA Board of Governors.[7]

He has taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School[3] and is a former adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.[8] Muh has served as a director of multiple companies including Sizzler International Inc.,[9] DayRunner, Inc.,[10] SOLA International Inc., Far West Financial, World Wide Restaurants, Dollar Rent-A-Car and Koo Koo Roo, Inc.[11]

Philanthropy and other interests

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Muh has founded and endowed the MIT Robert A. Muh Alumni Award in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to honor MIT graduates for significant achievements in humanities, arts, and social sciences fields.[12] Winners of the Robert A. Muh Award have included former Secretary of State George Shultz,[13] President of Northeastern University Joseph Aoun,[14] Former Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser[15] cellist Carlos Prieto and Nobel laureate in Economics Robert C. Merton.[16][17] He maintains a significant involvement with his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds the distinguished position of Life Member Emeritus within the MIT Corporation and has previously served as the Chair of the Humanities Visiting Committee,[18] and he has served on several of the school's visiting committees including the Sloan School.[2] In 1989, he also established the Muh Family UROP Fund for MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program "to support research by promising undergraduates in management, economics, or political science".[19]

Muh has served as a trustee and chairman of the Board of the Culinary Institute of America where he has served as co-chair of the school's investment committee,[20] and Muh and his wife helped to establish a New Works Fund at the San Francisco Ballet.[21][22] Muh served as a trustee and Vice Chair of the Napa Valley Opera House in Napa, CA[23] and the Muhs were major supporters of the Opera House.[24][25] Muh produced a musical tribute to composer Harry Warren and he has narrated Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Boston.[26] Muh has been a partner in KMW Farms for more than 40 years. KMW Farms was the breeder of Pine Chip, a trotter that won the Breeders Crown and set the world record for the mile in 1994. The Muhs are also the founders of the Atlas Peak Foundation in support of education and the arts.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh". Shass.mit.edu. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "MIT SHASS: Community Profiles - Robert Muh". Shass.mit.edu. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Bob Muh '61 and Berit (Spant) Muh '66 | Columbia Business School Alumni". Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "FINRA.org". FINRA.org. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Election Notice - 12/18/09" (PDF). FINRA.org. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  6. ^ [1] Archived September 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Michaels, Dave (September 19, 2016). "Finra Board Seat Goes to Ex-Bear Stearns Partner in Tight Race". WSJ.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Investor Justice Clinic - University of San Francisco School of Law". Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  9. ^ "CBSi". FindArticles.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  10. ^ Robert A. Muh. "Robert A. Muh: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Koo Koo Roo, Inc. Elects Robert Muh And Robert Kautz, Cfo, To Its Board Of Directors - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  12. ^ "MIT SHASS: News - 2011 - Robert A. Muh Alumni Award - About". Shass.mit.edu. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  13. ^ "SHASS awardee George Shultz to speak on 'Reflections' April 9 - MIT News Office". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  14. ^ "Joseph Aoun PhD '82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni Award | MIT News". Web.mit.edu. October 21, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  15. ^ "MIT Sloan alum Michael Kaiser, of Kennedy Center, wins 2007 Muh award | MIT News". Web.mit.edu. February 28, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  16. ^ "Biography - Robert C. Merton". Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  17. ^ "Economist Robert C. Merton to receive Muh Award | MIT News". Web.mit.edu. February 25, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  18. ^ "Robert A. Muh Alumni Award | Series | MIT World". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  19. ^ [2] Archived June 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "AnnRpt0708-206.qxp:Layout 1" (PDF). Culinary.imodules.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  21. ^ "San Francisco Ballet - Endowed Funds". Sfballet.org. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  22. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ "Trustees". Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  24. ^ "The perils and pearls of a classical concert | Entertainment". Napavalleyregister.com. February 21, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  25. ^ "Napa Valley Opera House celebrates its 130th anniversary | Things to Do". Napavalleyregister.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  26. ^ "Ovation 2010". Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  27. ^ "The Atlas Peak Foundation". The Atlas Peak Foundation. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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