Ezra Zask

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1950 - present

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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.

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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 Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundati Foundation Thesis Grant.

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Zask has taught graduate-level courses on investment managed and hedge funds as an adjunct instructor at:

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.

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