Nelson Saiers

Nelson Saiers is an American artist and polymath.[1][2] [3]He was previously Chief Investment Officer of Saiers Capital, LLC (formerly Alphabet Management, LLC). Earlier in his career he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank AG. He has also penned a handful of articles for the Huffington Post on topics related to art, math, and science.[4][5][6][7][8] Saiers is a practicing Christian and as a child lived through several wars growing up in Ethiopia and Afghanistan.

Education

In 1998, Nelson Saiers earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Virginia at the age of 23,[9] only one year after completing his undergraduate studies.[10] He studied algebraic topology and cobordism theory.[11]

Financial Career

Nelson began his trading career at Susquehanna Investment Group. He also later worked at UBS and Deutsche Bank.[12] At Deutsche Bank, Nelson was a Managing Director for proprietary derivatives.[12]

In July 2010, Nelson left Deustche Bank to join Alphabet Management, a New York hedge fund specializing in options.[12] He was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in March 2011, just eight months after joining the firm.[13][14] Saiers' younger brother Scott also joined Alphabet in February 2012 as Head Trader.[15]

In December 2012 Alphabet announced that the firm would be changing its name to Saiers Capital, LLC.[16]

Art Career

Nelson's is currently a professional artist based in New York City.[17] [18] Mathematics, physics, and braille play a central roll in his art.[19] His art has been featured in solo shows at Harvard University, HG Contemporary Gallery, Studio Vendome, and The Hole's project space.[20][21][22][23]

Press quotes

Nelson has been widely quoted in Bloomberg,[24] The Wall Street Journal,[25] Barron's,[26] and The Financial Post on topics such as China,[27] India, European Sovereign Debt,[28] Facebook,[29] Dell,[30] and the price of gold as well as overall market trends.

Philanthropy

Nelson has an affiliation with charity: water, which attempts to provide clean water to those in developing countries. Nelson is a Founding Member of The Well, a core group of donors who support charity: water.[31]

In October 2013, during the graffiti artist Banksy's month-long New York project "Better Out Than In," Nelson made a public offer to donate $100,000 to the Hurricane Sandy rebuilding effort if Banksy created a legal mural in New York to raise awareness for people still affected by the storm.[32] An anonymous donor "RD" has also joined this effort, and has pledged an additional $100,000. Nelson has created a website for the effort: http://www.heybanksy.com. Whether the piece was created or not is unknown, but on October 28, Nelson decided to go forward with the $100,000 donation regardless.[33]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel, Daria. "artnet Asks: Nelson Saiers, Artist-Mathematician". Artnet.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  2. ↑ O'Shaughnessy, Tracey. "Connecting the Dots". uvamagazine.org. UVA Magazine. Retrieved March 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "085. Nelson Saiers". Traction Magazine.
  4. ↑ Saiers, Nelson. "Math and Art: Visual Proof". Huffingtonpost.
  5. ↑ Saiers, Nelson. "Pi's Top Five". Huffingtonpost.com.
  6. ↑ Saiers, Nelson. "Splitting The Apple". Huffingtonpost.com.
  7. ↑ Saiers, Nelson. "The Beethoven of Math". Huffingtonpost.com.
  8. ↑ Saiers, Nelson. "Making Irrational Rational". Huffingtonpost.com.
  9. ↑ Creswell, Julie (March 17, 2011). "Funds Find Opportunities in Volatility". New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  10. ↑ "UVA News". Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  11. ↑ Saiers, Nelson (19 May 2000). "The cobordism classification of projective space bundles". Topology and its Applications. 103 (2): 179–186. doi:10.1016/S0166-8641(99)00002-4. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 Kearns, Jeff (15 July 2010). "Deutsche Bank Loses Option Trader Saiers to Hedge Fund Alphabet Management". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  13. ↑ Kearns, Jeff (March 15, 2011). "Alphabet Promotes Saiers to Investment Chief of Volatility Fund". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Saiers Rising, Becomes CIO of Hedge Fund Alphabet". FINAlternatives. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  15. ↑ Hiralal, Baz (23 February 2012). "Movers and Shakers". The Deal Pipeline. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Gammeltoft, Nikolaj (December 7, 2012). "Saiers Made Partner at Alphabet Management After 27% Gain". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  17. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/11/07/perfect-equation-nelson-saiers-combines-math-and-art/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
  18. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nelson-saiers/math-and-art-a-visual-pro_b_6184790.html. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
  19. ↑ Palermo, Elizabeth. "Math Meets Art in NYC Exhibition". livescience.
  20. ↑ Vioien, Guelda. "The Warhol of Wall Street". New York Observer.
  21. ↑ Dietrich, Chris. "A Hedge Funders Merger of Aesthetics and Math". Barrons.com. Barrons.
  22. ↑ nelsonsaiers.com http://www.nelsonsaiers.com/harvard. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ Turco, Bucky. "ISTVAN KANTOR STRIKES AGAIN: VANDAL-ARTIST TAGS NELSON SAIERS' ART". Animal New York.
  24. ↑ Gammeltoft, Nikolaj, Liz Capo McCormick & Cecile Vannucci (2 April 2012). "Volatility Lowest Since '07 in Stocks, Bonds, Currencies". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  25. ↑ Nayak, Debiprasad and Tatyana Shumsky (24 December 2011). "India Slows Rush for Gold: Rupee's Fall Hits World's Biggest Consumer of Gold, and Possibly Global Prices". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  26. ↑ Conway, Brendan (30 June 2012). "How to Profit from High Correlation". Barrons. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  27. ↑ Cao, Belinda and Leon Lazaroff (2 July 2012). "Internet Stocks Lead Retreat on Manufacturing: China Overnight". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  28. ↑ Newcomb, Peter (27 July 2012). "World's Richest Gain $15.2 Billion as Global Markets Rise". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  29. ↑ Vannucci, Cecile and Nikolaj Gammeltoft (30 May 2012). "Facebook Contracts Top 365,000 in Fastest Start for IPO". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  30. ↑ Gammeltoft, Nikolaj and Cecile Vannucci (18 January 2013). "Dell Options Show Traders Betting on Buyout About $14". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  31. ↑ "2010 Financial Report".
  32. ↑ Gammeltoft, Nikolaj (7 October 2013). "Hedge-Fund Manager Saiers Offers Banksy $100,000 for Sandy Help". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  33. ↑ STONE, MADELINE. "Hedge Fund Manager Donates $100,000 To Hurricane Sandy Relief Without Banksy's Help". Business Insider.

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