Patrick Ho joined the Stifel Nicolaus research team in connection with Stifel’s acquisition of Legg Mason’s Capital Markets Group in December 2005. Mr. Ho joined Legg Mason in March 2005 after spending the previous three years at Moors & Cabot, where he covered both the semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment spaces. Among the companies he covered while at Moors & Cabot were Applied Materials, KLA-Tencor, Cymer and Varian Semiconductor. Prior to that, Mr. Ho spent time in the venture capital world, covering the technology sector for Comdisco Ventures, where he focused on communications and semiconductor companies. Previously, he spent time at the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist (now JPMorgan Chase), where he covered the PC, storage and contract manufacturing sectors. Mr. Ho holds a B.A. in history and political science from Yale University.
