Ezra Zask
Ezra Zask is the Founder and President of Ezra Zask Research Advisors. He is one of the early practitioners in the growth of financial markets and derivatives in the 1980s and 1990s. With over 40 years of industry experience, Zask has founded and managed a large hedge fund; managed hedge fund investment portfolios for banks, family offices, and fund of funds; conducted extensive hedge fund due diligence, and managed large-scale trading operations and strategic positions for money center banks.
Ezra Zask Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and President
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Senior Vice President and Global Trading Manager
Academic History
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MA and MPhil in Political Science
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BA in Political Economy, Cum Laude
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
- Zask was born life in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1950.
- He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1959, living first in Williamsburg and then in Bensonhurst.
- He had been the first Brooklyn Tech student ever to be admitted to Princeton University.
- He had been the recipient of Columbia University President’s Fellowship; New York State Herbert Lehman Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Thesis Grant.
ACADEMIA
Zask has taught graduate-level courses on investment managed and hedge funds as an adjunct instructor at:
- Fordham University Graduate School of Business
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally Graduate School of Business
- Carnegie Mellon’s Graduate School of Business Administration
- Princeton University’s Bendheim Center for Finance
- Yale University’s Graduate School of Business
- Columbia University
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Zask has previously held a Series 7 license administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on behalf of the SEC.
- He additionally held a Series 63 license as well as a Series 3 covering commodities futures and options contracts.