Robert Goldfarb serves as president and CEO of

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, based in New York, New York, New York City, is the investment firm founded in 1969 by William J. Ruane, Richard T. Cunniff and Robert Goldfarb. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb is best known as the investment advisor and dist ...

, the value investing firm founded in 1970 by

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and Rick Cunniff. Goldfarb is a disciple of Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. A native of St. Louis, Goldfarb received his B.A. from Yale University in 1967, where he graduated ''

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'' and Phi Beta Kappa, and went on to earn his M.B.A. from

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in 1971. In 2010, Goldfarb and David Poppe were selected as Domestic-Stock mutual fund managers of the year by

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for the outstanding long-term performance of the

Sequoia Fund Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, based in New York City, is the investment firm founded in 1969 by William J. Ruane, Richard T. Cunniff and Robert Goldfarb. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb is best known as the investment advisor and distributor of the Se ...

. On 23 March 2016 Sequoia Fund announced to shareholders the retirement of Robert Goldfarb as Chief Executive Officer of Sequoia.

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