Richard E. Dahab, CFA, is the Chairman of Dahab Associates. He founded Dahab Associates in 1986 and served as CEO from 1986 to September 2022. He remains fully active with all of his clients in his current Chairman role, while taking a step back from the day-to-day executive operation of the firm. Prior to founding Dahab Associates in 1986, he was a vice president at Merrill Lynch running its investment consulting service in the Mid-Atlantic States and a principal at A.S. Hansen (now part of Mercer). Rich earned an AB degree in astrophysics (cum laude) from Princeton University in 1973 and an MBA degree in finance from Fordham University in 1978. He received the designation of Chartered F