Chris Camillo
Chris Camillo is the Founder of Dumb Money and TickerTags. He is a top-performing investor known for solely creating an entirely new class of investment analysis called Social Arbitrage. In 2006, Camillo applied this trading strategy in investing $20,000 in the stock market. He consequently produced $30 million in trading profits over the following 14-year period, reflecting 68% annualized portfolio returns. Camillo is also recognized as a pioneer in applying social data analysis to investing.
Chris Camillo Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
Academic History
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BBA in Finance
CAREER
- Beyond investing in the public markets, Camillo has made a career of bringing new business concepts to market as an operational executive.
- He is one of the most active early-stage investors in Texas.
- His jobs over the years span washing and selling cars, delivering pizza, and folding clothes at The Gap.
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
- He authored the book Laughing at Wall Street, in which he revealed some of his strategies and insights.
- He is featured in Jack Schwager’s “Unknown Market Wizards” as one of the world’s top-performing self-directed investors.
- He is a frequent public speaker on the predictive effectiveness of contextual data analysis and its role in investment research.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
NOTABLE EXITS
- e-Rewards Research (Dynata)
- eCarList (DealerTrack)
- Order My Gear (Susquehanna Growth)
- TickerTags (Jefferies)
- Fixd Repair (Angies List)
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified at the Expert Level in Consumer Research by the Marketing Research Association