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Bret Rietow

Founder

Founder at Apriority Financial

Greater Chicago Area

FoundedApriority Financial

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RustyunlockedBret: together at Techstars (2025)
Γ—2Bret: together at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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About

Bret Rietow is co-founder and CEO of Apriority Financial, which develops a personal debt optimization platform offered to individuals and to organizations as an employee benefit. He holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and spent nearly two decades in high-frequency trading, including leading the high-frequency trading group at Infinium, heading Eurodollar futures market-making at Tower Research, and working at Jump Trading. He founded Apriority Financial with co-founder Tony.

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Experience

  1. apriority.aiCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2022 β€” presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. Jump Trading LLCAlgorithmic Trader2018 β€” 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. Tower Research CapitalPortfolio Manager2012 β€” 2018
  4. Infinium Capital ManagementHead of HFT Algo Trading2009 β€” 2012
  5. Infinium Capital ManagementTrading Systems R&D Technician2005 β€” 2009

Skills & more

Risk Management8Equity Derivatives6Trading System8FX Options3High Frequency Trading9Financial Analysis2Multithreading1Trading Strategies2Bowling1Capital MarketsQuantitative Finance4Bloomberg1
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Who is Bret Rietow?
Bret Rietow is co-founder and CEO of Apriority Financial, which develops a personal debt optimization platform offered to individuals and to organizations as an employee benefit. He holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and spent nearly two decades in high-frequency trading, including leading the high-frequency trading group at Infinium, heading Eurodollar futures market-making at Tower Research, and working at Jump Trading. He founded Apriority Financial with co-founder Tony.
Where does Bret Rietow work?
Bret Rietow is Founder of Apriority Financial.
What companies did Bret Rietow found?
Bret Rietow founded Apriority Financial.
Where did Bret Rietow go to school?
Bret Rietow studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, Mechanical Engineering).

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