Tim Sykes
Tim Sykes is a penny stock trading expert, financial activist, educator and author. He is the CEO of Millionaire Media and Profitly, a popular social trading platform and community. He rose to notoriety after turning $12,415 of his bar mitzvah money into over $3.7 million before age 21. Over the years, Tim has run a hedge fund, founded multiple charitable organizations, written books, and built a trading education empire where he mentors students from all around the world. Today, he has been teaching others his methods, and some of his students have gone on to make millions themselves. His Trading Challenge has produced over 30 millionaire students.
Tim Sykes Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Executive Officer
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Editor
Academic History
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B.A., Philosophy
TRADER EDUCATION & PHILANTHROPY
Tim launched Investimonials, a website devoted to collecting user reviews of financial services, videos, books, as well as financial brokers.
He launched Profitly, a social service with over 100,000 users that provides stock trade information online.
He is the Founder of StocksToTrade, a leading-edge fintech company and all-in-one trading platform.
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.
EARLY CAREER
Tim started a hedge fund which was the #1 ranked short bias fund by Barclay for three years. He was Covestor's number one trader out of over 50,000.
He has also exposed various promotion schemes, including two which implicated major celebrities.
He also served as a Writer for TheStreet and Principal for Cilantro Fund.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Tim has been featured in major business and financial media outlets, including CNN, Fox Business, and CNBC.
He has been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, the New York Times, Entrepreneur, BusinessWire and Yahoo! Finance.
He has also been featured in MarketWatch and Institutional Investor.
He starred in the hit TV show "Below Deck," and self-published An American Hedge Fund in 2007.