Robert William Kleinschmidt

Mr. Robert W.
Kleinschmidt, CFA, is a Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Tocqueville Asset Management LP and a President at The Tocqueville Trust.
He joined Tocqueville in 1991 and manages discretionary portfolios for institutional, individual and family clients.
He is the Portfolio Manager of the firm’s flagship fund, the Tocqueville Fund.
In addition, he is the Chairman of the Investment Committee.
Prior to joining Tocqueville, Mr. Kleinschmidt spent thirteen years with David J.
Greene & Company.
Prior to joining David J.
Greene & Company, he spent two years at the Irving Trust Company, starting his career there in 1976.
Before going to Wall Street, he taught Economics at Fordham and Adelphi Universities, and Marymount College.
Mr. Kleinschmidt earned a B.B.A.
in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh) and an M.A.
in Economics from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst).
From 1973 to 1976, he continued postgraduate work in Economics at Columbia University.
He also holds the CFA designation.