THE GURUS

A widely respected expert in macroeconomics and Harvard professor, Larry Summers has served as the Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council, and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

President of Queens College Cambridge, El-Erian is chief economic advisor to Allianz, the parent company of PIMCO. El-Erian has previously served as CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, working with the legendary “Bond King” Bill Gross to set the investment strategies of the firm. El-Erian also chaired the Global Development Council under President Obama.

A billionaire investor known for having run George Soros’s Quantum fund, averaging 30% annual returns over a 30 year period.

Investor known for having called the 2000 and 2008 stock market crashes, Burry was the subject of the book and film “The Big Short.” Burry is widely respected as a shrewd market observer.

Known for having founded and run Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund in the world, Dalio has amassed an impressive investing track record. From 1991 to 2005, Bridgewater lost money in only 2 calendar years, and never more than 4% in a year. Dalio achieved this by pioneering the strategy that would later become known as risk-parity.

Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of the Boston based asset management firm GMO, with $118 billion in assets under management. Grantham also started one of the first index funds in the 1970s.

Co-Chief Investment officer of Bridgewater, the largest hedge fund in the world. Karen is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, was included in Fortune’s “40 Under 40” most influential leaders in business in 2019, and has been named to Barron’s list of “Most Influential Women in US Finance” for three years in a row.

Billionaire hedge fund manager who founded Tudor Investment Corporation and has an estimated net worth of $7.3B. Generally known as a Global Macro trader with an emphasis on technical analysis.

Billionaire founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management. Known as an activist manager, Ackman’s net worth is estimated at $3.5B.

Professor Emritis at NYU and CEO of Roubini Global Associates, Roubini is known for having made a number of prescient economic predictions including predicting the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008.