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| 1 | JJC of xoxohth's LinkedIn: | |
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| 3 | James Choi | |
| 4 | Columbia Business School MBA Candidate, Class of 2015 | |
| 5 | New York, New YorkFinancial Services | |
| 6 | Previous | |
| 7 | StoneWater Capital LLC, Renthop.com, SAIC | |
| 8 | Education | |
| 9 | Columbia University - Columbia Business School | |
| 10 | 384 | |
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| 18 | Background | |
| 19 | Education | |
| 20 | Columbia University - Columbia Business School | |
| 21 | Columbia University - Columbia Business School | |
| 22 | Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance | |
| 23 | 2014 – 2015 | |
| 24 | Relevant coursework: Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Value Investing, Asset Management, Derivatives, Debt Markets, Credit Markets, Quantitative Finance | |
| 25 | Activities and Societies: Columbia Student Investment Management Association, Wealth Management Club-VP of Finance, Equity Research Club, Commodity Club, Government and Business Club, Asian Business Association, Corporate Finance Club | |
| 26 | University of Chicago | |
| 27 | University of Chicago | |
| 28 | Masters, Social Sciences | |
| 29 | 2003 – 2006 | |
| 30 | I was in an interdisciplinary program at UChicago and focused on macroeconomics and political economy. My thesis discussed the impact of Park Chung Hee's regime on economic development in South Korea during the 1960's and 1970's. | |
| 31 | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 32 | University of Pennsylvania | |
| 33 | Bachelors, History and Philosophy | |
| 34 | 1999 – 2003 | |
| 35 | I focused on intellectual history and political philosophy. | |
| 36 | Activities and Societies: Academic team, philosophy circle | |
| 37 | Summary | |
| 38 | I am currently a second-year full-time MBA candidate at Columbia Business School, focusing on finance. My professional experience spans across fixed income futures trading, algorithmic equity trading, government consulting, and business development. | |
| 39 | Experience | |
| 40 | Research Analyst, Summer Intern | |
| 41 | StoneWater Capital LLC | |
| 42 | May 2014 – August 2014 (4 months)Greater New York City Area | |
| 43 | Stone Water Capital L.L.C. is an emerging markets fund-of-funds founded and managed by former Warburg Pincus partners. As the first MBA intern hire, I was responsible for research and due diligence for the pre-existing long-short equity fund and a PE fund that will launch within the next year. | |
| 44 | Consultant | |
| 45 | Renthop.com | |
| 46 | June 2012 – December 2013 (1 year 7 months)Greater Chicago Area | |
| 47 | Renthop.com is an innovative site that allows people to easily search rental properties that meet their criteria, without having to go through craigslist or brokers. It started in NYC, where it is now the second largest apartment search site after Craiglist. After working on the Boston site during the summer of 2012, I worked on business development for the Chicago version. Renthop is now nationwide. | |
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| 49 | Y-Combinator funded and featured in a Harvard Business School case study for a course on entrepreneurship. | |
| 50 | Consultant | |
| 51 | SAIC | |
| 52 | March 2012 – December 2012 (10 months)Chicago, IL | |
| 53 | SAIC is a research firm that provides consulting services to government agencies such as the Department of Defense. I am currently consulting for a project that uses financial market data to predict major geopolitical events. | |
| 54 | Research Analyst and Trader | |
| 55 | Tradelink | |
| 56 | May 2006 – February 2012 (5 years 10 months)Chicago, IL | |
| 57 | I worked as a research analyst and trader in a quantitative trading group that traded equity pairs deploying statistical arbitrage. My job consisted of executing trades for portfolio managers, working with programmers and quants to better refine the model, identify any problems in our algorithm, do research on market forces that can affect our portfolio, recommend ways to manage our risk, backtest equity pairs using different parameters, as well as hedge highly volatile positions through ETFs and index futures. In 2011 I led the team in making major changes to our strategies, in response to the Eurozone debt crisis and U.S. debt ceiling negotiations and the ensuing market volatility that followed.. | |
| 58 | Proprietary Trader | |
| 59 | LAS Holdings | |
| 60 | 2005 – 2005 (less than a year) | |
| 61 | I traded Euribor futures spreads, provided summary of european market activity to senior traders, and checked daily position reports. | |
| 62 | Volunteer Experience & Causes | |
| 63 | Minds MatterAlumni Director | |
| 64 | Minds Matter | |
| 65 | October 2011 – March 2014 (2 years 6 months)Education | |
| 66 | Minds Matter is a nonprofit organization that mentors disadvantaged high school students and helps them achieve their dreams of attending college. I served as a mentor for two years, an associate member of the fundraising board for one year, and currently serve as alumni director. | |
| 67 | Alumni interviewer | |
| 68 | Penn Secondary School Committee | |
| 69 | October 2010 – Present (5 years 1 month)Education | |
| 70 | I interview high school senior applicants to Penn. | |
| 71 | Test Scores | |
| 72 | GMAT | |
| 73 | Score: 740, 97th percentile | |
| 74 | October 2012 | |
| 75 | 48 Quant, 44 Verbal, perfect scores on integrated reasoning and analytical writing. | |
| 76 | GRE | |
| 77 | Score: 327, out of 340 max | |
| 78 | October 2012 | |
| 79 | Skills | |
| 80 | Microsoft ExcelBloombergVBAPythonRRisk Management |
