Samuel A. Ramirez Jr.
Mr. Samuel A. Ramirez Jr. joined Ramirez & Co. as a managing director and fixed income specialist in July of 1992. During his over 30 year career at the firm, Mr. Ramirez, has led the development and growth of the Firm’s core divisions: institutional sales and trading, public finance, corporate banking, advisory, wealth management and institutional asset management. He has extensive industry knowledge and experience in managing financial businesses through various market cycles and conditions. His investment management experience includes a range of asset classes across the capital markets including municipal, corporate, mortgage, and government bonds, as well as TIPs and equities. In 2002, Mr. Ramirez established Ramirez Asset Management (RAM), an affiliated SEC registered RIA, which is focused on fixed income and equity asset management for institutional public and private pension funds, corporations and state and local governments. He presently serves at a Senior Managing Director in Ramirez & Co. and President and CEO of RAM.
Sam has completed Executive MBA studies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Prior to Dartmouth, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Vermont. Sam holds his Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 licenses. He is actively involved in New York-based business and civic organizations, including the Municipal Bond Club, Municipal Forum, the Museum of the City of New York, and several charities including the Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers, Little Sisters of the Assumption and Pegasus. Mr. Ramirez serves on the board of SIFMA and USPA Global Licensing and is a frequent keynote and industry expert speaker at events around the country.
Sam lives in New York City with his wife, Fabiana, and their three children, Carolina, Juliana, and Trey.