Neil Young joined Needham & Company in 2023 to expand its semiconductor research team. Prior to Needham, he covered homebuilders and building products at Evercore ISI. He also held similar positions at Barclays and Cleveland Research Company, where he focused on semiconductors and industrials respectively. Neil earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, from […]
Bobby Droodiani joined Needham & Company in 2017. His areas of focus include M&A advisory and equity financings, working primarily with companies in the Semiconductor Supply Chain. Prior to returning to Needham in 2019, Bobby was an acquisitions manager at The Johnson Group, a family office with investments in a variety of asset classes. He […]
Jianfei Zhu rejoined Needham & Company in 2024 with a primary focus on semiconductor investment banking and Needham’s China and Israel practices. He has 10+ years of combined operational and investment banking experience. Before rejoining, Jianfei worked for Barclays’ semiconductor investment banking team from 2021 to 2024. He started his banking career at Needham in […]
Brian Perrault rejoined Needham & Company in July 2022, having previously been a technology banker and senior member of the M&A group at the firm. Brian’s M&A and capital raising experience includes substantial complex corporate carve-out, public-to-public mergers, founder-led going private, IPO, follow on offering and shareholder activism experience in numerous industries, end markets and […]
Charles Shi joined Needham & Company in 2019. He became a research analyst in 2021 covering Semiconductors and Semicap Equipment. Prior to Needham, Charles spent six years at Applied Materials, where he started as a global product manager in the metal deposition products division, and later became a business development manager covering the division’s foundry […]
Chad Keck joined Needham & Company in 1991. Throughout his career, he has focused on the firm’s activities in semiconductors and semiconductor equipment. He was also instrumental in building the firm’s business in Asia helping underwrite the IPO’s of China-based companies in the semiconductor and solar sectors. Since opening the Menlo Park office in 1991, […]
Ehud Eisenstein joined Needham & Company in 2010 and is a Managing Director as well as Head of Israeli Banking. He has taken an active role in accelerating the firm’s business in Israel, delivering the full spectrum of financing and advisory capabilities to Israeli emerging growth companies, both public and private. Prior to joining Needham, […]
Helen Li joined Needham & Company in 2011, with a primary focus on semiconductor investment banking. Helen has 20 years of combined operational and investment banking experience. While at Needham, Helen has advised over 70 transactions including public and private financings as well as M&As, with a total transaction size above $40 billion. Helen is […]
Jim King joined Needham & Company in 1993. Jim currently heads Needham’s Semiconductor Supply Chain and Capital Equipment activities. While at Needham & Company, he has been responsible for the execution of over 100 equity financings and advisory transactions worth over $15 billion for technology companies. Additionally, Jim has significant technology operations and business strategy […]
Quinn Bolton has been with Needham & Company since 2004 covering communication ICs and consumer semiconductor companies. Prior to Needham, he was a senior semiconductor analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., covering large capitalization, diversified semiconductor companies. Before joining Oppenheimer, Quinn was a senior analyst at CIBC World Markets, where he covered large capitalization semiconductor, personal […]