Thomas Weisel

Senior MD & Director, Stifel Financial Corp.

Search every verified Thomas Weisel interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Thomas Weisel, co-chairman of Stifel Financial, has discussed his career in investment banking, including founding Montgomery Securities in 1978 and later Thomas Weisel Partners. He described his firm's strategy of combining research and institutional brokerage with investment banking for growth companies, and noted that the firm was "totally gender neutral" in hiring. He sold Montgomery to NationsBank in the late 1990s and later started Weisel after being released from a non-compete agreement. Weisel stated that he disagreed with the SEC's research settlement, which he said was "very detrimental to the capital markets." He has also spoken about his background as a speed skater, having placed third in the 1959 Olympic trials)Skip. Separately, a Swiss comedian named Thomas Wiesel, who has been confused with the financier in some source materials, has performed at conferences on transformation and climate urgency. At a 2022 event, Wiesel commented on presentations about economic sustainability, saying he agreed with the idea that "we should stop inventing products we don't need with money we don't have to impress people who don't care." He also discussed Swiss politics, stating that the Swiss political system is "highly decentralized" and that "Switzerland has powerful multinational companies...which have immense influence on political decisions."