John Romero

Founder @Aptus Capital Start-Ups Fund Management Corporation

Birmingham, AL, US

Invest proprietary equity capital in certain special situations/event driven ideas with clearly defined catalysts and asymmetrical risk reward opportunities. Past Hedge Fund OverviewFounder and sole PM of Aptus Capital, an alternative asset management firm focused on long/short equity strategies that started with <$1 MM in AUM in 2003 and raised over $500 million in discretionary hedge fund assets in 4 years. Aptus served over 100+ investors which included fund of funds, pension funds, HNW investors, family offices and other institutional investors. Over 700 investors tracked our monthly performance summary via our distribution list.Peer Ranking & PerformanceFor the 3.5 years ending November 2006, Aptus had a Sharpe Ratio 3.16, with a 22% annualized return and max drawdown of -1.45%. From 20••••08, generated a 100% cumulative return versus 52% for S&P 500 with 60% less volatility. 77% of months were profitable while maintaining exceptional performance during 1% down days in S&P 500.Risk Management Produced returns with low average net exposure of 8% long (125% gross), Longest losing streak was 1 month, Sharpe of 2.0+ for 90% of fund life and solid out-performance in most stressful times.Securities licenses- Series 3, 7, 56, 65 (expired)

Virginia Tech

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)