Zoe Cruz is a senior banking executive and Founder and CEO of Menai Financial Group, a leading provider of institutional-grade digital asset investment products and trading services. Under her leadership, Menai bridges the gap between traditional and digital finance through the development of market and investment infrastructure in the digital asset space. Zoe is a highly accomplished executive who spent decades at the forefront of the financial services industry, working in trading and capital markets. She has broad experience and extensive understanding of business and financial markets, with a proven track record of creating and growing highly profitable businesses. Prior to Menai, Zoe had a 25-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, where she most recently served as Co-President of the firm. At Morgan Stanley, she ran major revenue-generating businesses, including the company’s securities, risk management and information technology organizations. In addition to her leadership position at Menai, Zoe serves as Founder and CEO of EOZ Global, a single-family office.
EARLY CAREER
Zoe is also a former Senior Advisor at Promontory Financial Group, LLC, and the founder of an investment management firm, Voras Capital Management.
She previously sat on the boards of Ripple, Old Mutual PLC, Morgan Stanley, Harvard Dean’s Council, MAN Group and Bowdoin College Investment Committee.
She also sat on the advisory board at Ondra Partners, an independent financial advisory firm founded in 2008.
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
2015 Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business
2007 Wall Street Journal's 50 Women to Watch in Business
2007 Fortune's 6 CEOs to Be
2007 Fortune's Power 50
2006 Fortune's Highest Paid Woman
2005, 2006, 2007 Forbes Most Powerful Women
The Wall Street Journal's In Line to Lead
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Zoe has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.