Jerry Parker
Jerry Parker is the Chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Capital Corporation, an innovative provider of systematic alternative investment solutions. He serves as a Portfolio Manager overseeing Chesapeake's operations and its trading since its inception in 1988. Under his leadership, Chesapeake provides investors uncorrelated returns through consistency in approach across a broad range of global markets and variable market conditions. Parker is a legend in the world of systematic trend following, with more than 35 years of systematic investing experience. He is known across the world for being one of the Original Turtles that Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt trained in the mid-1980’s.
Jerry Parker Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Academic History
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B.S., Accounting
CHESAPEAKE CAPITAL CORPORATION
Chesapeake is a commodity trading advisor that uses a diversified, systematic trend following approach to trading the markets.
Founded in 1988, Chesapeake has over 30 years of managing client capital.
The firm's team of dedicated investment professionals provide an institutional quality infrastructure and are committed to operational excellence.
Parker started his trading career in 1983 in Chicago when he was hired and trained by Richard Dennis in his "Turtle" training program.
A legendary trend following pioneer, he remains faithful to the lessons he learned during the famous Turtle Trading experiment in 1983, which was run by legendary commodity traders Bill Eckhardt and Richard Dennis.
The “Turtles”, a group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds, were recruited in a program that attempted to prove that investment management success could be achieved by applying a rule-based, quantitative investment philosophy to a global portfolio of futures markets.
EXPERTISE
Parker has a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry.
He is skilled in portfolio management, risk management, hedge funds, options, and asset management.
MEDIA
He has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Business Insider, Top Traders Unplugged, and Real Vision.