Robert G. Hagstrom

Robert Hagstrom is Senior Vice President and Director at Baltimore-based Legg Mason Focus Capital, a global financial services company over 100 years old. Its clients include corporations, individual investors, and government entities. Legg Mason's core businesses are investment advisory services, securities brokerage and capital markets. Previously, Hagstrom was the principal and vice president of Lloyd, Leith & Sawin; senior investment officer with First Fidelity bank; and an investment broker for Legg Mason Wood Walker. Hagstrom's latest major work is Latticework (cloth) and The Art of Investing (paper). His first work, The Warren Buffett Way, sold more than 750,000 copies and spent 21 weeks on The New York Times best seller list. Along with The Warren Buffett Portfolio, it has helped investors understand the philosophy of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the most successful investment firms in history. Hagstrom has written four successful books, is a member of the Association of Investment Management and Research and the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia, and is a chartered financial analyst. He received both his B.A. and M.A. from Villanova University. Robert Hagstrom lives with his family in Wayne, Pennsylvania.