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Peter Ricchiuti

A Funny Economist Delivering Real Insight in Troubled Times

PETER RICCHIUTI Business Professor, Raconteur, and One Great Public Speaker Peter Ricchiuti (Ri-Chooty) is the business professor you wish you had back in college. His humor and insight have twice made him the top professor at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business. In a recent competition, Peter's teaching delivery skills placed atop a field of 500 universities representing 43 countries. Peter is a graduate of Babson College, started his career at the investment firm of Kidder Peabody ...

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PETER RICCHIUTI
Business Professor, Raconteur, and One Great Public Speaker

Peter Ricchiuti (Ri-Chooty) is the business professor you wish you had
back in college. His humor and insight have twice made him the top
professor at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business. In a recent
competition, Peter’s teaching delivery skills placed atop a field of 500
universities representing 43 countries.
Peter is a graduate of Babson College, started his career at the
investment firm of Kidder Peabody & Co and later served as the assistant
state treasurer for Louisiana. There he successfully managed the State’s
$3 billion investment portfolio.
In 1993 he founded Tulane’s nationally acclaimed Burkenroad Reports
student stock research program (www.burkenroad.org). Here he leads 200
business students in search of overlooked and underpriced stocks in six
southern states. He and his program have been featured widely in the
financial press including; The Wall Street Journal, BARRON’s and The
New York Times.
In 2014 The Financial Times published Peter’s first book, Stocks Under
Rocks and he currently hosts a popular weekly business program called
Out To Lunch on National Public Radio in New Orleans.

He served as a director of Amedisys, Inc. (AMED/NASDAQ), the nation’s
largest home healthcare company (1997-2015). During this period the
stock rose by about 1000%.
Peter has addressed over 1000 groups in 47 states. These include groups
of nuns, tin can manufacturers, money managers, waterpark owners,
insurance professionals and NFL players. He has even done a couple of
TED TALKS.

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The American Psychological Association was thrilled to have Dr. Antonia Novello as our speaker for the 2024 APA Convention. Dr. Novello was fantastic, and her presentation was a tremendous success. Thank you, Peter, for all your hard work in making this event such a resounding success.

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Kurt Warner was spectacular—he completely wowed the audience and solidified major leadership points. He was an amazing partner, and we will be talking about this experience for years to come. We will definitely leverage the PDA team for all of our speaking needs!”

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The events over the past two years went very well — everyone had a great time with Dr. Mark Esper in 2025, and Sam Hinkie led a very engaging Q&A with our Principal, Jean Reynolds, in 2024. Thank you for working with us these last two years; your support has been instrumental to the success of our programs!

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It was an absolute privilege to have Dr. Sanjay Gupta as our keynote speaker for the 2026 GME Leadership Conference. He delivered an outstanding address that resonated deeply and left a lasting impression on everyone in the room. The entire planning process was seamless and collaborative. It was a pleasure working together, brainstorming suggestions, and ultimately selecting the perfect fit for our event. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

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