Jerry Parker is the founder and Chairman of Chesapeake Capital Corporation, a global investment firm that has been managing client capital for over 30 years. Chesapeake provides investors uncorrelated returns through consistency in approach across a broad range of global markets and variable market conditions.

Jerry is a highly respected investor in the industry and is known for his unique trading style, which he developed after years of studying the markets. He is also a strong advocate for risk management and believes that it is essential for any successful investor.

Under Jerry’s leadership, Chesapeake Capital has grown to become one of the most successful investment firms in the world. The firm has a long track record of success and has generated significant returns for its investors over the years.

Jerry is also a philanthropist and is actively involved in supporting a number of charitable causes. He is a member of the board of directors of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to his work at Chesapeake Capital, Parker is also a frequent speaker and writer on investing topics.

Jerry has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Forbes.

Moritz Seibert is the CEO/CIO of Takahē Capital. Moritz started investing in 1998 and began his professional career as a derivatives trader at HSBC in Germany. Later, he worked for RBS in the UK as well as in the USA, where he was responsible for the bank’s equity derivatives structuring business. Subsequent to RBS, Moritz co-founded Aquantum, a Munich-based systematic CTA focused on short-term trend following and commodity spread trading strategies. Between 2017 and 2022, Moritz was the CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners, a quantitative asset management company serving institutional clients globally. More recently, he was the CIO at Exponential Age Asset Management, a large digital asset fund of hedge funds. 

Moritz lives south of Munich, close to the mountains, with his wife and two kids. Next to trading he likes reading a good book and enjoys playing tennis.

Moritz Heiden is Head of Quantitative Research at Takahē Capital. Moritz had his first glimpse at the investment world at the start of the GFC and quickly decided to return to university to pursue a PhD in statistics. Subsequent to grinding through the academic machine and publishing several papers on machine learning and volatility modelling, he completed his thesis on “asymmetry and nonlinearity in forecasting multivariate stock market volatility.” He started his non-academic career at a large German Asset Manager and moved on to Scalable Capital, Europe’s largest digital wealth manager to spend more time coding and implementing asset allocation strategies and trading algorithms for ETF-based retail portfolios. After Scalable, Moritz served as the Head of Quant Research at Munich Re Investment Partners and where he worked alongside the other Moritz on all research and trading related tasks.

Moritz lives in Augsburg, close to one of the oldest private German breweries, with his wife.