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Travis Kling

Travis Kling

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Travis Kling is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ikigai Asset Management, a cryptocurrency asset management firm. Prior to joining the crypto landscape, he spent a decade in traditional finance at leading institutional funds. Most recently, he joined Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management in New York as a Portfolio Manager, where he had sole discretion of over $200 million of long/short energy and materials equities portfolio. Before that, he was an Energy Analyst at Magnetar Capita, investing across the capital structure in long/short equities and non-control private equity and debt.

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Academic History

POINT72 ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • Travis had sole discretion of over $200 million of long/short energy and materials equities portfolio.

  • He designed, built and executed the investment framework, processes and tools to effectively cover 140 companies.

  • He regularly interacted with all senior management to help architect and implement various firm-wide data science and “quantamental” initiatives. 


MAGNETAR CAPITAL


EARLY CAREER

  • Travis started his career as an investment banker at Simmons & Company, focused on Energy Mergers and Acquisitions.

  • He completed more than $3bn in deals and capital raises. While there, he represented Noble Drilling’s $2.2bn acquisition of Frontier Drilling.


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