Sprott CEO’s Rick Rule and Peter Grosskopf Discuss Resource Investing
In this interview, live from the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium in Vancouver, Sprott CEO’s Rick Rule and Peter Grosskopf discuss resource investing and the Sprott Inc. business model and why they’ve been able to succeed when competitors have failed.
Peter Grosskopf is the CEO of Sprott Inc. and has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. At Sprott, he is responsible for strategy and managing the firm’s investment capital and lending business. His career includes a long tenure in investment banking, where he managed many strategic and underwriting transactions for companies in a variety of sectors. Prior to joining Sprott, Mr. Grosskopf was President of Cormark Securities Inc. He has a track record of building and growing successful businesses including Newcrest Capital Inc. (as one of its co-founders) which was acquired by the TD Bank Financial Group in 2000. Mr. Grosskopf is a CFA® charterholder and earned an Honours Degree in Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Rick Rule is the CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings. He began his career in the securities business in 1974 and has been principally involved in natural resource security investments ever since. He is a leading resource investor specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture, and has originated and participated in hundreds of debt and equity transactions with private, pre-public and public companies. Mr. Rule is also the Founder of Global Resource Investments, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, Inc. and a member of the Sprott Inc. Board of Directors. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has been interviewed for numerous radio, television, print and online media outlets concerning natural resource investment and industry topics. Mr. Rule is frequently quoted by prominent natural resource oriented newsletters and advisories.
