Francois Parenteau

Independent equity research analyst François Parenteau has been described as “cynical, critical, paranoid, restless and intense” by The Financial Post, and as “Jesse James, Black Bart, and Billy the Kid all rolled into one” by Business Edge News Magazine.

Parenteau is a high school dropout from Quebec with a helicopter pilot’s license, a mania for motorbiking, and an irreverent approach to Wall Street that combines giant-slaying with an instinct for finding unloved and undervalued companies.

He has been named top independent analyst by Business Week magazine, and more than 18,000 investors subscribe to his free research.

In 2002, he moved from Montreal to New York to launch Defiance Capital, LLC and run his Defiance Fund Ltd., a hedge fund that returned 45% on investment and outpaced 90% of all others in its category.