Robert Robotti
Robert Robotti is the president and chief investment officer of Robotti & Company. Bob holds a BS from Bucknell University and an MBA in Accounting from Pace University. Prior to forming Robotti & Company, Incorporated in 1983, Bob worked as vice president and CFO at Gabelli & Company, Inc., and is currently an inactive CPA.
Bob serves on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed portfolio companies, including NYSE-listed real estate company AMREP Corporation, located in Germantown, PA, and NYSE-listed Tidewater, Inc. which owns and operates one of the largest fleets of Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) in the industry. He also chairs the Board of TSX-listed licenser of seismic data to the oil and gas industry, Pulse Seismic. He was previously a Board member of BMC Building Materials Holding Corporation, prior to its merger with Builders Firstsource, and served on the Board of Calgary-based mineral, oil and natural gas royalty company PrarieSky Royalty Ltd.
In addition, he serves on the Boards of many non-profit organizations where he generously donates his time and expertise. Previously, Bob was a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies, established to examine the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other aspects of the federal securities law. He has been a member of the Museum's Board of Trustees since 2025.