Robert Goldfarb serves as president and CEO of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, the value investing firm founded in 1970 by William J. Ruane and Rick Cunniff. Goldfarb is a disciple of

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, the CEO of

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. A native of St. Louis, Goldfarb received his B.A. from

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in 1967, where he graduated ''

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'' and

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, 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

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managers of the year by

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for the outstanding long-term performance of the

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

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

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of Sequoia.

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