Tim Sykes

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

• Sykes often skip college classes in favor of trading penny stocks every day.
• He has turned $12,415 in Bar Mitzvah gift money into $2 million.
• He started a hedge fund during his senior year, which went on to become the top-ranked short bias fund by Barclay for three years.
• His trading strategy was never very scalable; his fund lost 35% when he tried long-term investing instead of trading.
• He launched Investimonials.com in 2009, a website devoted to collecting user reviews of financial services, videos, and books, as well as financial brokers.
• He co-founded Profit.ly in 2011, a social service with about 20,000 users that provides stock trade information online.
• He founded the Timothy Sykes Foundation, which has raised $600,000, and has partnered with Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club.
• He co-founded Karmagawa, a charity dedicated to helping animals, preserving natural resources, and assisting those in need around the world.

MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

• Sykes has been featured by every major business and financial media outlet, including CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg business eek, Forbes, and The New York Times.

• His achievements set the stage for his appearance in the first season of the successful reality show “Wall Street Warriors.”
• He also starred in the hit TV show "Below Deck."

• He self-published An American Hedge Fund in 2007.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Sykes earned a spot on Trader Monthly’s “Top 30 Under 30” list in 2006.

• He was recognized by President Obama for his contributions.