Career
In 1968, he became a junior high school teacher. In 1970, he changed careers and became an investment stockbroker. Within a few years, he was promoted to manager of a branch office.
In 1976, he began publication of an investment newsletter, the Oberweis Report, which reported on emerging growth companies. The Report was rated highly among investment advice newsletters. In 1978, Oberweis and his wife established their own investment management company, Oberweis Securities in Aurora, Illinois. Oberweis Securities was very profitable.
In 1986, Oberweis used his gains from Oberweis Securities to purchase control of his family's business, Oberweis Dairy. He remained active in the investment field, however. In 1987, he founded Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund.
In 1989, he established Oberweis Asset Management (OAM). OAM specializes in "small-cap growth equities investing", and has individual accounts for institutional investors and a family of mutual funds for individual investors. As of the end of 2009, OAM had about $900M under management.
Oberweis moved the Oberweis Dairy from Aurora to its present location in North Aurora. He also began a chain of company-owned dairy stores, and has maintained a dairy delivery business to homes in the Chicago area. A franchise program began in 2004, to expand the dairy business outside of northeast Illinois.
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