Principals

RYAN O’GRADY

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Ryan O’Grady is the Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Principal at ROW Asset Management. At ROW, Ryan is the Chairperson of the Research Committee, and co-Chair of the Investment Committee. Prior to co-founding ROW Asset Management in July 2010, Ryan was the Head of Investment Research at FX Concepts from 1999 to 2009. Ryan also served as a member of the firm’s Management Committee from 2007 to 2009, Manager of New Model Research from 1995 to 1996 and 1997 to 1999, as Portfolio Manager from 1994 to 1995, and as an assistant trader from 1992 to 1993 at FX Concepts. Ryan started his career in quantitative financial research at the age of 17, as an intern at Neuberger Berman. Ryan has a B.A. in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M.S. in Statistics and Operations Research from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He also completed coursework toward a PhD in Economics at the University of California, Irvine. Ryan is one of the founding members of the Industry Advisory Board for the UCLA Anderson School of Management - Masters in Financial Engineering Program, and continues to serve on the Board.

JEFFREY WEISER

President & Founder

Jeffrey Weiser is the President and a Founding Principal of ROW Asset Management. Jeffrey is the Portfolio Manager for all the funds managed by ROW and, as such, is responsible for all of the successful execution of all of the model signals. He sits on both the risk and investment committees at ROW. Prior to forming ROW with Ryan O’Grady in 2010, Jeffrey was a principal at FX Concepts. He was the Portfolio Manager for FX Concepts’ flagship Global Currency Program from 2001 until February 2009. While at FX Concepts, Jeff managed the fund’s growth from an initial $10 million portfolio to over $8 billion in AUM at the firm’s peak in 2008. His contributions in Risk Management and execution were instrumental in allowing the portfolio to grow. He joined FX Concepts in 1995 as an analyst in research and started trading a small internal portfolio in 1998. Prior to joining FX Concepts, he worked for Pegasus Econometrics Group from 1993 to 1995 as an analyst. Jeffrey sits on the board of the Lelt Foundation. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a B.A. in Economics and English.