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Steve Gerbel

Chicago Capital Management
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| Steven R. Gerbel is Founder and President of Chicago Capital Management, a specialty private investment firm focused on merger arbitrage and convertible bonds. Mr. Gerbel has over 15 years of experience running hedge funds focused on merger and convertible arbitrage markets. Prior to founding Chicago Capital Management, Mr. Gerbel was a General Partner at First Capital Alliance, a hedge fund located in Chicago, primarily focused on merger and convertible arbitrage transactions, value investing and distressed markets. Mr. Gerbel began his career trading commodities on the Mid-American Commodities Exchange at the Chicago Board of Trade and acting as a "local" engaged in trading U.S. Treasury Bond futures for his own account. Mr. Gerbel has also helped in founding two de novo banks in the Chicago area and six hedge funds and other businesses, in addition to Chicago Capital Management. Mr. Gerbel holds a FINRA Series 7 Securities License and is registered with the Chicago Stock Exchange and FINRA. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from DePaul University in Chicago. |
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