Simeon Gutman Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Simeon Gutman is an Executive Director who covers the Retail Hardlines and Discount spaces. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2014 and has more than 16 years of US Retail industry research experience. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Simeon covered Retail Hardlines at Credit Suisse and prior to that he covered retail stocks at Canaccord and Goldman Sachs. Simeon has received Honorable Mentions in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Poll in Retail Hardlines. Simeon holds a BA in Economics from Brandeis University, an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, and is a CFA charterholder.