[3] In May 2014, after a 12-year battle, Nelson Obus and a Wynnefield analyst were exonerated of all insider trading accusations made by the SEC in a trial by jury.
[10][11][12][13][14] Nelson Obus has been an outspoken critic of the SEC[15] and penned an op-ed on regulatory overreach for The Wall Street Journal.
[16] Prior to founding Wynnefield, Nelson Obus and Joshua Landes both held senior research equity positions at Lazard Feres & Co.[2] Nelson Obus currently serves on the board of directors for Zionist Organization of America,[17] Layne Christensen Co.,[18] MK Acquisition LLC, and the Princeton Historical Society.
[19] Obus also serves on the board of advisors of the Bank of Princeton,[20] the Appalachian Mountain Club,[21] and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.
Academy in Riverdale, New York;[23] Board of Directors of Ken's Krew[24] and the Zionist Organization of America,[17] and the Vice President of the American Jewish Historical Society.