Peter J. Eichler, Jr.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Founder
Peter J. Eichler, Jr. is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Founder. Mr. Eichler is the grandson of Rudolph J. Eichler, who co-founded Bateman Eichler & Co., which later became Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards. Mr. Eichler is also the grandson of Henri de La Chapelle, one of the original partners of Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis. Mr. Eichler’s father, Peter J. Eichler, Sr., guided Bateman Eichler to become one of the largest and most profitable regional securities firms in the country.
Mr. Eichler began his career in the securities industry at seventeen, as a floor clerk on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. After working in the Syndicate, Trading and Sales departments of Bateman Eichler, he attended Santa Clara University. After college, Mr. Eichler received executive training at E.F. Hutton & Co. in New York City. He then returned to Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards where he rose to become Senior Vice-President in the Institutional Sales department. After Bateman’s sale in the early 1980’s, Mr. Eichler became a Vice President at Prudential Securities, and then a partner in the institutional department of Crowell Weedon. In 1986, Mr. Eichler joined Bear Stearns & Co. where he distinguished himself for nearly 12 years. While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Eichler founded the Special Accounts Money Management Division and created the Bear Stearns Insiders Fund. In 1997, Mr. Eichler founded Aletheia and has served as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since.
Mr. Eichler has been managing money professionally since 1990 and has been in the securities industry for over thirty years. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Santa Clara University.