Frank J. Mitsch

Frank J. Mitsch serves as President of Fermium Research, having co-founded the company in 2018 following 7+ years at Wells Fargo Securities, where he was the Senior Chemicals Equity Research Analyst. He has covered the chemicals industry as an equity analyst for more than 25 years, beginning his Wall Street career with Merrill Lynch. He’s a member of multiple Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Teams and received the Top Gun designation from Brendan Wood Intl. In its World’s Top Analysts survey, the Financial Times/StarMine twice ranked him No. 1 for estimate accuracy, and has also been named in The Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street analyst survey for stock selection four times. Earlier in his career, he worked for 11 years in the chemicals industry with consultancy Kline & Company, and Betz Laboratories, including two years in Europe. Mr. Mitsch received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was a midfielder on the record-setting lacrosse team. He holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from MSU, and is NACD Directorship Certified. Mr. Mitsch has been prominently featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, ICIS Chemicals Business, Chemical Week as well as features appearing in Forbes and Fortune. He has frequently appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and is affectionately known as “the best chemicals analyst in the world” by Jim Cramer from CNBC’s “Mad Money.”