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Rasgon, Stacy
Stacy Rasgon is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein Research covering U.S. Semiconductors. Prior to joining Bernstein in April 2008, Mr. Rasgon worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he advised clients across the semiconductor value chain (and on three continents) in matters of strategy, operations, and M&A. He also spent time at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center, where he examined line edge roughness formation mechanisms during plasma etching of semiconductor devices. Mr. Rasgon holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Certificate in Financial Technology from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He earned a B.S. summa cum laude in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Rasgon has been recognized as a top analyst in his sector by Institutional Investor every year since 2010, including numerous appearances as the No. 1 analyst in U.S. Semiconductors; in its 2024 survey, Extel ranked him No. 3 on its All-America Research Team. Profile
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