Muh was born on January 7, 1938, and raised on Long Island to immigrant Jewish parents from Germany and Austria.
Muh served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army before beginning his business career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. from 1966 to 1969.
In 1972, Muh joined Bear Stearns & Co. as head of the Los Angeles region corporate finance department.
He became a general partner at Bear Stearns in 1982 and served as senior managing director of the San Francisco region from 1984 to 1987.
[8] Muh has served as a director of multiple companies including Sizzler International Inc.,[9] DayRunner, Inc.,[10] SOLA International Inc., Far West Financial, World Wide Restaurants, Dollar Rent-A-Car and Koo Koo Roo, Inc.[11] Muh has founded and endowed the MIT Robert A. Muh Alumni Award in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to honor MIT graduates for significant achievements in humanities, arts, and social sciences fields.
[12] Winners of the Robert A. Muh Award have included former Secretary of State George Shultz,[13] President of Northeastern University Joseph Aoun,[14] Former Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser[15] cellist Carlos Prieto and Nobel laureate in Economics Robert C.