About the Author

Marc Groz is a leading authority on financial markets. He has developed investment strategies for two top-ranked investment funds and served as chief risk officer for two multi-billion dollar hedge funds. He is managing member of Topos, an asset manager and risk advisory firm.

Marc’s views on the markets have been quoted by The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Risk, Reuters, TheStreet.com, MarketWatch. com, Forbes.com, Business Week, and The New York Times. He has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, Bloomberg (radio and TV), and BBC-TV Worldwide.

He has lectured widely to diverse audiences, ranging from his students at New York University to members of the International Association of Financial Engineers. He has moderated panel discussions on financial innovation with Yale University professor Robert Shiller and regulatory reform with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

Marc’s interest in how things really work spans decades. After achieving Honors in the Westinghouse (Intel) Science Talent Search, Marc was accepted at the age of sixteen by Harvard, M.I.T., and Columbia. He attended Columbia University as a John Jay National Scholar, graduating with honors in 1979 (Math/Psych). He did graduate work in mathematics, studying with the world-renowned algebraist Samuel Eilenberg. He was recipient of the W.W. Cumming Prize in Psychology.

Marc is the owner/inventor of patented and patent-pending financial instruments, gaming systems, valuation methods, and mechanisms for protecting privacy in the digital age. He is married and has two sons.