Kaushal "Ken" Majmudar, JD, CFA is chief investment officer of Ridgewood Investments aka The Ridgewood Group - a boutique value-oritented investment firm based in Short Hills, NJ - just outside New York City.

Ken's high level experience and work with clients has been recognized and cited on multiple occasions. In 2009, Businessweek.com named Ken Majmudar one of the 50 Most Experienced Independent Advisors in the country. In 2005, Kaushal and The Ridgewood Group were also recognized as a 5-star advisor, their highest rating, by Paladin Registry.

He is also a noted author and speaker who has given well received talks to a variety of groups on topics such as the "Spotting and Avoiding Scams - Anatomy of the Bernie Madoff Scandal" and "Causes and Implications of the 2008 Financial Crisis".

Ken graduated with honors from the Harvard Law School after being an honors graduate of Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Prior to founding The Ridgewood Group in late 2002, Kaushal worked for seven years on Wall Street as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. He is admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey and is also a member of the CFA Institute, New York Society of Securities Analysts, Harvard Law School Alumni Association, Value Investors Club, and SumZero.com.

More information about our firm can be found at our website: http://www.ridgewoodgrp.com and Ken can be reached by email at info@ridgewoodgrp.com

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