Todd Sheets

After graduating with honors from the University of Iowa and winning the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells award on the 1981 C.P.A. exam, Mr. Sheets went on to a career in investment banking. In the late 1980s, he initiated and led Raymond James’ Recovering Markets Program that bought undervalued apartment properties in distressed markets; all of these properties were later sold at a profit to the firm’s investors. In the early 1990s, he founded and served as Managing Director for RJ’s highly regarded public real estate investment banking practice before retiring to devote himself to long-held interests in investing, writing, and economic history.