Scott Hood

Scott Hood, CFA, CFP, serves as Chairman and Portfolio Manager at First Wilshire Securities Management Inc. He joined First Wilshire as an analyst in 1993, was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2001, and became Chairman in 2019. Mr. Hood is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute. He is also a CFP professional. He serves as a board member of The Mount Wilson Observatory and The Sierra Madre Mountain Conservancy. Mr. Hood holds a Bachelor of Science from The Stern School of Business at New York University.