Ben Gordon
Chief Executive Officer at Blue Grotto Capital LLC
Profile
Mr. Benjamin M.
Gordon, CFA, is a Founder & Managing Partner at Blue Grotto Capital LLC.
Prior to founding his own firm in 2018, he spent almost a decade as a Portfolio Manager with GMT Capital Corp.
He joined GMT in 2005 as an analyst and was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2008.
He was responsible for the largest portfolio at GMT outside of GMT’s founder.
He managed over $2 billion in gross assets at peak while at GMT and as generalist, he invested globally across a wide variety of sectors and geographies, with a higher weighting towards TMT businesses based on GMT investment strategy and focus.
He also helped open GMT’s London office and managed the UK-based investment team.
He began his career with Raymond James as a research associate covering telecom services.
He also worked at the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, an economic think tank and is the author of “Extraordinary Returns”, a book on investing that should be available in 2019.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ohio University and is a CFA charterholder.
Ben Gordon active positions
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Blue Grotto Capital LLC
 Blue Grotto Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blue Grotto Capital LLC (Blue Grotto) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by Benjamin "Ben" Gordon in 2018. Blue Grotto provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles, certain single-investor investment vehicles, and separately managed accounts. | Chief Executive Officer | 2017-12-31 |
Former positions of Ben Gordon
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Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
 Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors. | Analyst-Equity | 2005-12-30 |
GMT Capital Corp.
 GMT Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance GMT Capital Corp. is a private, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1993 by Thomas Claugus. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to their advisory clients, which are private investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, by recommending, or managing and directing, the investment and reinvestment of their assets. | Analyst-Equity | - |
Training of Ben Gordon
| The Ohio University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors. | Finance |
GMT Capital Corp.
GMT Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance GMT Capital Corp. is a private, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1993 by Thomas Claugus. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to their advisory clients, which are private investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, by recommending, or managing and directing, the investment and reinvestment of their assets. | Finance |
Blue Grotto Capital LLC
Blue Grotto Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blue Grotto Capital LLC (Blue Grotto) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by Benjamin "Ben" Gordon in 2018. Blue Grotto provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles, certain single-investor investment vehicles, and separately managed accounts. | Finance |
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