Also called: Shareholder Vote Solicitation Specialist, Proxy Fight Strategist
Wins shareholder votes for companies or activist investors during proxy fights and mergers by tracking down who owns shares and persuading them.
An activist fund wants three board seats, and the company hires your firm to defend it. You figure out which big funds and millions of small investors own the stock, run phone banks, meet proxy advisers and update vote counts every hour before the meeting. Some fights are decided by less than 1%.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, economics or political science.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Political Science, Economics, Communications.
Growing about average. Activist campaigns keep rising.
Medium risk for 10 years. Data tools track ownership and votes; persuading big investors and strategy in a fight stays human.
Classes: Economics, Government, Speech and Debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2099.
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