Peter Nesvold, LAW ‘97

A lawyer, CFA, and CPA by background, Peter Nesvold is a multi-disciplinary finance executive with 25 years of Wall Street experience in the asset and wealth management industries. He is the managing partner of Nesvold Capital Partners, which has made minority investments in 10 wealth management and related firms. He was previously a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns and a portfolio manager/analyst at Lazard Asset Management.

Outside of work, Nesvold is an adjunct professor of corporate finance at Fordham and a fellow at the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis, and has published four books on M&A with McGraw-Hill. He currently serves on the boards of VestGen Wealth Partners (a $5 billion wealth management firm), SignatureFD (a $9 billion wealth management firm), and the Hampton Jitney, and previously served on the board of the CFA Society New York.

Nesvold graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Economics with a concentration equivalent in accounting from The Wharton School) and Fordham Law (cum laude, Order of the Coif), where he was elected editor-in-chief of his law journal. He was previously a competitive long-distance runner, completing 19 full-marathons.