Mike is the founder of Meixler Investment Management, Ltd., with responsibilities focused on the management of investments, equity and bond research, and client relationships. Before founding the firm in 2003, Mike was a top producer and limited partner in the NYSE firm Edward Jones Investments. He opened the first White Mountains office in 1993.
Mike is a long-time student of classic free-market economic thinkers from what is today known as the Austrian School of Economics, with luminaries such as Menger, Mises, Hayek and Rothbard. He is a deep-value investor, having studied the techniques and strategies of Warren Buffett’s mentor Ben Graham, as well as Buffett himself, and many others. Mike was listed in 2009 as one of the U.S. Top 1000 Financial Advisors by Barron’s, a leading financial industry publication.
Mike graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He was an ROTC scholarship award winner and the Distinguished Military Graduate from the U.S. Army officer class of 1988. Upon graduation, Mike served two tours in Germany and Turkey as a platoon leader and company executive officer. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Advanced Officer Intelligence School and was promoted to Captain of that branch. Mike also served in the 1/505 Parachute Infantry at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is a Desert Storm veteran.
Mike is the founding President and Chairman of the Board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of NE Arizona, a non-profit agency that matches over 150 Big Brother and Big Sister volunteers to children in Navajo and Apache counties.