Millennium Management

Michael Chung is Global Co-Head of Equities at Millennium, where he oversees the selection and management of the firm's equity portfolio managers and teams across relative value fundamental, volatility, convertible bond arbitrage, and merger arbitrage/event equities strategies. He joined Millennium in 2016 and previously served as its Deputy Global Head of Equities, following roles as Founding Partner and Head of Global Distressed and U.S. Credit Strategies at Arrowgrass Capital Partners, Head of Distressed and Event Driven Strategies at Deutsche Bank's Omnis proprietary trading unit, and research analyst at Lehman Brothers. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and has nearly 25 years of experience in trading and risk management.

Ajay Nagpal is President and Chief Operating Officer of Millennium Management, a global investment management firm with offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He holds a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and previously held roles at J.P. Morgan, where he headed Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing for Financial Institutions, and at Lehman Brothers, where he served as Global Head of Equities Sales; following Barclays' 2008 purchase of Lehman Brothers' U.S. holdings, he became Head of Prime Services. He joined Millennium as Chief Operating Officer in July 2013 and was named President in 2022.

Gideon Mann is the Global Head of AI, Technology at Millennium. He previously led the Machine Learning Product and Research team within the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg LP.

John Novogratz is the Global Head of Capital Development & Investor Relations at Millennium Management, a global investment management firm with more than 4,000 employees, over $54 billion in assets under management, and offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His responsibilities include developing new and existing investor relationships. Before joining Millennium in 2009, he served as Head of International Sites Capital Formation & Investor Relations at Fortress Investment Group.

Julia Raiskin is Chief Executive Officer, APAC at Millennium Management, where she oversees the region. She previously spent over 15 years at Citi, most recently as Head of Markets for Asia Pacific, and earlier held roles at JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Lehman Brothers. Raiskin holds a BA from Harvard University and a D.Phil from Oxford University, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar.

Harshil Vejendla is a computer science student at Harvard currently conducting machine learning research at Millennium. His interests include artificial intelligence safety, startups, and venture capital.

Hunter Merghart: over a decade of Wall Street equity trading, senior roles at major crypto platforms, COO of digital assets at a hedge fund, providing rare exchange and allocator insight.

A Chemistry and Life Sciences PhD who moved into venture capital.

Ravi Sankuratri is a Machine Learning Researcher at Millennium, where he works on generative AI applications for financial services in a hedge fund context. His background includes fundamental and applied computer science research and approximately ten years of product design, with work spanning data science, geographic information systems, identity management and privacy. He has developed consumer web and speech applications, worked on civic innovation and non-profit projects, and participated in hackathons as a mentor, judge, and organizer.