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Roger Ehrenberg

Roger is an active early-stage investor, having seeded or invested in over 20 companies in asset management, financial technology and digital media since 2004. Prior to his venture days Roger spent 18 years on Wall Street in M&A, Derivatives and proprietary trading.

Throughout his career he has held numerous executive positions, including:

President and CEO of DB Advisors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. His 130-person team managed over $6 billion in capital through a twenty-strategy hedge fund platform with offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.

Managing Director and Co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Strategic Equity Transactions Group. In 2000, his team won Institutional Investor magazine’s “Derivatives Deal of the Year” award.

As an Investment Banker and Managing Director at Citibank, he held a variety of roles and responsibilities in the Global Derivatives, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Structuring groups.

Roger sits on the Boards of BlogTalkRadio; Buddy Media; Clear Asset Management; Global Bay Mobile Technologies and Monitor110. He is currently Managing Partner of IA Capital Partners, LLC.

He holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Management from Columbia Business School and a BBA in Finance, Economics and Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

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Roger Ehrenberg's Latest Articles | 74

Rethinking The Wall Street Business Model (Part I)

Nov 21, 2009| 

“Too Big To Fail.” “Shrink Wall Street.”" Ban credit default swaps.” These are just a few of the themes dominating the discussion around... Read »

Deal With It, Mr. Einhorn

Nov 9, 2009| 

David Einhorn is without question an exceptionally bright man and a very astute investor. However, the latest message being delivered from his bully pulpit, proposing... Read »

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Nov 7, 2009| 

After reading the news, participating in key industry conferences and doing some thinking, I’ve come to the following conclusion: the regulators – and... Read »

Fixing Wall Street? The Feds Blew It

Aug 3, 2009| 2

Today’s press is constantly filled with bluster about “new” regulatory regimes, Executive Pay Czars and other gripping topics stemming from 20/20... Read »

Re-designing the Wall Street Trader Compensation Model

Jul 26, 2009| 1

The recent flap over Phibro’s Andrew Hall and his $100 million+ compensation package makes for good headlines, but fails to get at the essence of the real... Read »

The Quants Must be Crazy

Jun 4, 2009| 

As a number of historically top-ranked long/short managers have decided get out of the LP game, there is another pocket – a quieter, more stealthy pocket –... Read »

Twitter is Our Id, Facebook is Our Ego

May 19, 2009| 

I was speaking with my good friend Howard Lindzon, my partner in several Twitter-related investments, about the differences in the way people communicate on Twitter... Read »

What Keeps Me Awake At Night: Economy Edition

May 7, 2009| 

The stress tests are done. All is well. Green shoots are popping up all over the place. The worst is behind us. Everything is cool, right? Well… This is how... Read »

On a Crash Course With the Rule of Law

May 3, 2009| 

As noted in my post on the invariable failure of the Treasury’s PPIP initiative, it is impossible to coax liquidity from the sidelines if asset owners are... Read »

Private Equity Markets: Not Today, Perhaps Tomorrow

Apr 26, 2009| 

Claire Cain Miller penned a story in last Wednesday’s New York Times concerning the development of private markets for venture-backed equity investments. The... Read »

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