No Brainer. I don't care about this Ortez guy.
Between Susan Sjo's experience in commodities and the connections this Vega guy has working for the US govt. around the world. I believe they have an advantage in international commodities trading that no other company would even know how to compete with. Check out this ladies resume, she would not waste her time or reputation if this was not going to be big.
Susan Sjo is Founder and CEO/CIO of St. Esprit, a consulting and Asset Management firm. She is also a partner at Geneva Fund Partner, LLC, a global hedge fund manager. Prior to forming St. Esprit, Ms. Sjo managed Sjo, Inc. a successful international Hedge Fund and CTA and STACK Capital, LLC, her Family Office. At St. Esprit, she and her team have developed new, dynamic and elegant alternative Multi-Strategy methods that translate into superior risk-adjusted returns.
From 1987to 1998, she founded and built Sjo, Inc., a Hedge Fund Manager and CTA with over $350 million under management. Sjo, Inc. was ranked by assets in the top100 CTA’s and often ranked in the top 10 Trading Firms for performance. She started her career as a Junior Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank before working at several prominent trading firms specializing in fixed income arbitrage. During this time, she developed a quantitative trading program that resulted in the development of Sjo, Inc., a Global Macro Fund Manager, specializing in international fixed income investing.
Her successes resulted in being named to Crain’s Annual Young Leaders List, 40 Under 40, and Sjo, Inc. as Best Commodity Fund Manager in 1991 by Business Week.
Susan has served on the Board of Directors of the New York Board of Trade, the New York Cotton Exchange, the Advisory Board of the FINEX Exchange, the Managed Funds Association, Barat College, and the environmental charity, Sustain.
