Krish Sankar is a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering the semiconductor capital equipment and IT hardware sectors. He joined Cowen’s Technology, Media & Telecom team in February 2018. Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Sankar worked as a top-ranked analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for almost 14 years, where he covered the semiconductor capital equipment, EDA software, and alternative energy sectors. Before joining Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sankar was a product manager at Applied Materials. Mr. Sankar is ranked among the top semiconductor capital equipment analysts in Institutional Investor polls.
Mr. Sankar holds a B.Tech (with Honors) in ceramic engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and an MS in materials science and engineering from the University of Minnesota.