December 4, 2023 | 2:30PM ET
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Ross Sklar, Chairman & CEO, Starco Brands
Ross Sklar is the CEO of The Starco Group and Starco Brands. A chemical formulator by trade, Sklar started his first company, SEI Group, while still in college in 1997. Since 2004, Sklar has made over a dozen acquisitions that have made The Starco Group the force that it is today: an eclectic collection of industrial, household, personal care and food and beverage manufacturers, covering almost all consumer packaged goods categories. Sklar has grown the company to over two-hundred employees with eight major facilities in the United States. As a result of Sklar’s work, Starco Brands was later born from The Starco Group. The consumer packaged goods company is focused on leveraging cutting-edge formulas from its sister company, creating modern, behavior-changing brands that not only disrupt the industry, but inspire it forward.
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Eric Beder, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Research Analyst, Small Cap Consumer Research
Prior to founding Small Cap Consumer Capital, a leading company sponsored equity research boutique in January 2019, Eric M. Beder was a Equity Research Analyst for over twenty years at leading investment banks such as Ladenburg Thalmann, Brean Murray, Wunderlich Securities and B. Riley, among others, focusing on consumer goods and special situations. Mr. Beder is a three time Wall Street Journal Best on the Street winner (in the Apparel and Specialty Retail categories) and two time Starmine/FT Award winner for stock picking in the Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods categories. Prior to transitioning to an equity research analyst role, Mr. Beder worked in the commercial real estate and investment banking field. Mr. Beder received his M.B.A. from The Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley and his B.S., with a major in Accounting/Finance, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.