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Charles Gradante
Managing Principal
Hennessee Group
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| Charles Gradante is a managing principal with the Hennessee Group LLC, an advisory that provides research and guidance on hedge funds. He focuses on research, market analysis, risk management and portfolio design. Mr. Gradante joined the Hennessee Hedge Fund Advisory Group in 1995 as co-director while it was a division of Weiss, Peck & Greer. He co-founded the Hennessee Group LLC in 1997 with E. Lee Hennessee. Mr. Gradante was previously President and CEO of Union Chelsea National Bank. At Drexel Burnham Lambert, he was responsible for Trading Administration and chaired the Risk Management Committee. Previously, he held the position of Group Marketing Manager at Citibank. Mr. Gradante entered the financial industry in 1971 through John Diebold Venture Capital Corp. Early in his career, Mr. Gradante worked on the lunar module and space shuttle programs as an engineer. Mr. Gradante has co-hosted and made guest appearances on Bloomberg, CNN and CNBC and appears monthly on Bloomberg. Additionally, Mr. Gradante sits on the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) Credit Risk Management Committee. Subsequent to the Long-Term Capital hedge fund crisis in August of 1998, Mr. Gradante was requested by Congress to provide expert testimony at the Congressional hearings on hedge funds. He participated in an SEC Roundtable on hedge fund regulation and a CFTC Roundtable on CPO and Commodity Pool Industry Issues. |
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