Richard B. Handler
Chairman, CEO and President
Jefferies Group Inc.
Richard Handler has been chairman since February 2002 and chief executive officer since January 2001 of Jefferies Group, Inc. Mr. Handler also served as CEO of Jefferies & Company, Inc., a principal operating subsidiary since January 2001 and as co-president and co-COO of both companies during 2000. Mr. Handler was first elected to the board in May 1998.
Previously, Mr. Handler was managing director of high yield capital markets at Jefferies from May 1993 until February 2000, after co-founding that group as an executive vice president in April 1990. He has also been the president and CEO of the Jefferies Partners Opportunity family of funds and is CEO of their newly formed successor entities, Jefferies High Yield Trading, LLC and Jefferies High Yield Holdings, LLC.
Mr. Handler is also chairman and CEO of the Handler Family Foundation, a nonprofit foundation working primarily with underprivileged children.
Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Handler was an executive vice president of high yield trading for Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Mr. Handler received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987 and a BA in economics from the University of Rochester in 1983. He serves on the Board of Trustees and is Chairman Elect of the school’s Finance Committee.
