Peter A. Cohen is the chairman and CEO of Andover National Corporation, a public holding company.
[2] Prior to his current role, Cohen founded Ramius Capital Management in 1994, a $13 billion investment firm, which he merged with Cowen Inc. in 2009.
Cohen and Shearson Lehman supported the company's CEO F. Ross Johnson in a proposed $17 billion buyout.
[7][8] Ultimately, Johnson and Cohen lost their bid for the company and RJR Nabisco was acquired by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
[9][10] Cohen was portrayed by Peter Riegert in the 1993 film Barbarians at the Gate depicting the RJR Nabisco buyout.
Over his career, Cohen has served on numerous corporate and philanthropic boards including those of American Express, The New York Stock Exchange, Kroll Inc., Olivetti, Linkem S.p.A., Telecom Italia, L-3 Corporation, The New York City Opera, The Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Children's Hearing Institute.