Gene Ekster, CFA

Gene Ekster works in data analytics at Maiden Century and is an adjunct professor at NYU, where he teaches a course on alternative data in finance. He is also the CEO of AltDG, an alternative data software company. Previously, he managed the alternative data team at Point72 Asset Management and worked in alternative-data roles at Balyasny Asset Management, Lone Pine, 1010 Data, and Majestic Research.

Gene is a board member of IDSO (a compliance organization), Eagle Alpha, Ottoquant, and Super Signal Capital. Gene holds a degree in Artificial Intelligence from U.C. Berkeley, an MBA from Cornell University and a CFA.