Dana Telsey

Education

Telsey is a 1984 graduate of Hobart-William Smith College and has an Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University.

Career

She is an American consultant and top-ranked equity research analyst covering the retail industry. Telsey has been ranked for 13 years, and was the number one ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for seven years. Family members have worked in the fashion industry.

Her grandmother worked at Bergdorf Goodman and her mother at Fred the Furrier in addition to the family bookstore on Madison Avenue.

Telsey started at Barron Capital after her mother secured a secretary"s position for Telsey from a former neighbor, Ron Baron, while meeting him on the street, and asking him: "Can you give Dana a job?" Telsey was eventually promoted to Vice President of the Baron Asset Fund, a mutual fund of Barron Capital. Later, she was an analyst at CJ Lawrence from 1991 to 1994.

Telsey previously worked at Bear Stearns from 1994 to 2006, most recently as a Senior Managing Director. She is a frequent guest analyst on Consumer News and Business Channel and Cable News Network, and has been interviewed by American Broadcasting Company News, Wall Street Week, The Today Show, and National Broadcasting Company Nightly News.

Prior to being a top rated analyst at Bear Stearns, she worked at CJ Lawrence and with Baron Asset Fund.

Telsey founded the eponymous Telsey Advisory Group in August 2006. The firm provides primary. Contextual; quantitative and qualitative research.

lieutenant offers research through company, industry, and sector specific and thematic reports.

lieutenant caters to hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity firms, and private and public consumer companies. The firm also offers consulting services.

Achievements

• Number one ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for seven years. Women-Owned Business of the Year by Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Telsey Advisory Group was recognized in the 2009 Institutional Investor Magazine rankings of the Best Independents in three categories: #1 in Retailing/Specialty Stores, #1 in Retailing/Broadlines and Department Stores, and #2 in Apparel & Footwear.