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Stephen Duneier | |
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| Born | July 1967 (age 54) |
| Education | MBA in finance and economics |
| Alma mater | New York University, Stern School of Business |
| Occupation | Founder and CEO of Bija Advisors LLC, Lecturer at University of California, Artist, Author |
| Known for | Incorporating Cognitive Science with Investment Management,[2] Yarnbombing in the Wilderness,[3] Extreme Goal Achievement |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara |
| Website | yarnbomber |
Stephen Duneier is an American professional investment manager, strategy consultant, speaker, lecturer, author, artist and Guinness World Record holder.
Education[edit]
Duneier attended the University of Florida from 1985 to 1987 before leaving to pursue a career in financial management with Drexel Burnham Lambert and then Prudential-Bache. He finished his undergraduate education at Florida Atlantic University with a BBA in finance and economics and received an MBA in finance and economics from New York University's Stern School of Business.[4]
Career in finance[edit]
While still attending graduate school at NYU, Duneier worked as a foreign exchange option trader specializing in exotic derivatives at Credit Suisse in New York City. He was later hired by Bank of America to expand their foreign exchange business into European crosses and Emerging Markets and eventually promoted to Global Head of Currency Option Trading. Soon after Bank of America merged with Nations Bank, Duneier moved to AIG International where he was eventually named managing director in charge of Emerging Markets trading and based out of London, England. In 2002, Duneier launched a proprietary trading portfolio known as "TIP" for AIG International.[5] Shortly after the firm merged with Banque AIG, Duneier became a global macro portfolio manager at London Diversified Fund Management in London and later at Peloton Partners in Santa Barbara, California.[6] In 2008, he was one of the founding partners at Grant Capital Partners[7] which grew to $1.25 billion in assets under management.[8] He left in 2012 to launch Bija Capital Management and eventually Bija Advisors LLC, a consulting firm which advises experienced hedge fund managers, CIO's and asset allocators. Through Bija Advisors, he speaks on and publishes a subscription based newsletter covering topics on economics,[9][10] cognitive science,[11] and investment management.[12][13] Duneier's book, AlphaBrain is released in March 2019 (Wiley & Sons).
Career as a cognitive science practitioner[edit]
In 2001, Duneier began to apply his approach to decision making, which he calls "Bija", to his personal life, leading to a long string of eccentric goals and resolutions being set and achieved.[14] In 2012, it reached fever pitch when he embarked upon 12 for 2012,[15] a New Year's resolution which included 12 Learning Resolutions and 12 Giving Resolutions.[16] As part of his resolutions, he has performed at comedy clubs; learned to fly a helicopter; climbed iced waterfalls; raced cars; had root canal without anesthetic; learned to speak German; read 50 books in 52 weeks;[17] participated in the Pier to Peak half marathon; learned to unicycle; used jumping stilts to hike; fostered a pit bull; built homes for families in Arizona; learned ballroom dancing, how to drum, slackline, parkour, skydive; and flown planes aerobatically.[18]
He set the Guinness World Record for the largest crocheted granny square. It is 1,311 square feet, incorporates more than 30 miles of yarn and weighs over 60 pounds. It took 2 years, 7 months and 17 days to create, and required more than 500,000 double crochet stitches.[19][20][21][22]
Duneier now speaks[23] and writes about his experience and how others can take what we have learned from research conducted in the field of cognitive science in order to make better decisions and achieve bigger goals.[24]
Career as a lecturer[edit]
Duneier teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on Decision Analysis in the College of Engineering at the University of California in Santa Barbara.[25]
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