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Bio

In 1992, Dr. Andrew Stotz, CFA left a management career at Pepsi-Cola in California to teach finance in Thailand and has not stopped teaching since. In 1993, he found his life calling as a financial analyst, a job for which he was eventually voted #1 in Thailand. In the second half of his 20-year career in investment banking, Andrew was as a head of research leading teams of financial analysts.

During that time, he co-founded CoffeeWORKS, Thailand’s leading B2B specialty coffee roaster, and served as president of CFA Society Thailand. Andrew now runs A. Stotz Investment Research, which provides research and research tools for institutions and high-net-worth investors; as well, they help CEOs make their companies financially world-class.

Andrew created the ValuationMasterClass.com, the world’s #1 online practical valuation course. He is the host of My Worst Investment Ever podcast, the #1 risk-management podcast that helps future generations reduce their investment risks by learning through the stories of others.

Andrew has authored four books: Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points, How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market, My Worst Investment Ever, and 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them.

He has also created four online courses and communities: Become a Great Presenter and Increase Your Influence, How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market, Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming's 14 Points, and the Valuation Master Class.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and an MBA from California State University and earned his Ph.D. in finance at the University of Science and Technology of China. Andrew lives in Bangkok with his 81-year-old mother, who will attest that he remains an analyst at heart!

Current position (3)

CEO

A. Stotz Investment Research

Co-Founder | Finance Director

CoffeeWORKS Co., Ltd.

Faculty Member

Thammasat University

Achievements (1)

Former President, CFA Society Thailand

Degrees (2)

PhD in Finance

University of Science and Technology of China

2013 to 2016

MBA

California State University, Long Beach

1987 to 1989

Presentations

Presentations (5)

6 Ways to Lose Your Money & 6 Strategies to Win

Suitable for all who are interested in creating, growing and protecting their wealth.

Building your wealth and securing your retirement is hard these days. Investing is complicated, and it gets more so every day. The challenge of learning what you need to know about investing can be overwhelming, but if you don’t learn it, you will suffer. Dr. Stotz shares the six most common mistakes he has learned from more than 180 My Worst Investment Ever podcast interviews – real-life, heartbreaking tales of loss and learning.

Attendees learn to avoid loss in the smartest way – through the mistakes of others. In this event, you will cheer, laugh, and sometimes even cry as Dr. Stotz walks you through six powerful guest stories to illustrate the six most common investment mistakes. Learn how Dr. Stotz’s guests turned mistakes to their advantage, to avoid the same mistakes, and succeed without the pain.

9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Suitable for analysts, fund managers, advisors, and those who are valuing companies for a living.

This event is for those who regularly face the many perplexing questions on the topic of company valuation. Dr. Stotz wrote his popular book, 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, from a lifetime of valuing companies as well as from observing the mistakes of his analysts and Valuation Master Class students. Attend to get solutions to the 9 mistakes and answers to your other valuation questions.

In this event, Dr. Stotz reviews each of the 9 mistakes and gives attendees tactics to avoid making them. Attendees will get answers to questions related to forecasting such as fading of return on invested capital, and valuation such as which beta to use (or if you should use beta at all).

Build a Competitive Edge with the Teachings of the Father of Quality

Suitable for CEOs, owners, and managers who want to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

This event is for people who are struggling to build their company’s competitive edge and struggling to improve quality and financial performance. Be warned, what you learn in this event about some modern management methods may shake the foundations of your current thinking. These teachings come from Dr. Stotz’s face-to-face learnings from Dr. Deming, which he outlines in his book.

Discover what Dr. Deming, taught top business leaders in Japan and how his message inspired 54 years of continuous improvement at giants such as Toyota and Sony. Dr. Stotz illustrates how most people completely miss the vital role that variation and randomness play in life and how this lack of understanding holds back continuous improvement.

After attending, you will think about KPIs from a different angle and begin to think that they may be hurting not helping your business.

How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market

Suitable for all those who get overwhelmed every time they start to invest.

Attendees will learn the three keys that will allow them to start safely investing the day after this event. Dr. Stotz reveals the core principles of investing in an easy-to-understand style. Attendees will learn the story of how he prepared this material for his five nieces to get them started with investing, even though they did not study finance and they are not interested in the stock market.

Former #1 stock market analyst Dr. Andrew Stotz, CFA covers the principles to create a safe, responsible, long-term plan to reach financial independence. Dr. Stotz used the same principles to guide his five nieces to start investing on their own at the age of 18, and the same principles also allowed his 81-year-old mother (and late father) to live financially independent in their retirement.

After attending this event, attendees can take active steps to make money work for them instead of the other way around.

Your Presentations Suck, and We’re Going to Fix That Right Now

Suitable for those who want to make their next presentation a great presentation.

Great ideas are not enough; you must present them in an impactful way. This event is for those who see the value in making their future presentations great. Attendees will learn the key to convincing everyone in the room and getting them to follow their ideas, so they make a bigger impact in the world. The material comes from Dr. Stotz’s three decades of experience presenting across the world to audiences as large as 2,500.

Some people are not even aware of how bad their presentations are! What about you?

Dr. Stotz shares the results of his research into what makes a bad presentation. The key measure of success for a great presentation is to increase your influence and get your audience to take the action you want.

Dr. Stotz will demonstrate to attendees how he has applied his principles to get new clients, convince existing clients, and even to get voted president of various organizations.