Peter Ricchiuti

Peter Ricchiuti
Born	1957 Boston, MA
Residence	New Orleans, LA
Citizenship	USA
Nationality	United States
Fields	Finance
Institutions	Freeman School of Business
Known for	Keynote speaker-- various finance related topics; founder of the Burkenroad Reports
Influenced	applied Finance instruction
Notable awards	Top Freeman School professor (twice)

Peter Ricchiuti (Ri-Choo-ty) teaches courses in finance and investments at the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, and is a former chief investment officer for the State of Louisiana. In 1993 he founded the Burkenroad Reports. He is a popular public speaker on Finance, and regularly provides consulting to groups like NFL players, and commentary for national media entities like NPR. In 1997, he was appointed to the board of Amedisys, Inc.

Awards

Ricchiuti has twice been voted the Top Professor of the Year by students at the Freeman School of Business. His teaching style is typified by injecting humor into technical finance lectures.

Burkenroad Reports

Main article: Burkenroad Reports

Ricchiuti founded the Burkenroad Reports in 1993. The Burkenroad Reports is an innovative student-run investment research program at Tulane University. The reports focus on stocks of small-cap companies in six southern states, ranging from Texas to Florida. The Burkenroad program has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, Nightly Business Report, et al.

External links

• Faculty profile at the Freeman School of Business.
• CNN Interviews Peter Ricchiuti, CNN, April 2006.
• 6-minute YouTube piece for the American Program Bureau, posted June 4, 2008.
• Ricchiuti’s Business Educators Member Profile