Jay Pestrichelli, CEO and Co-Founder of ZEGA Financial

Jay Pestrichelli is co-founder and managing director of ZEGA Financial. He leads the development and execution of the firm’s investment strategies, which are designed to help investors successfully navigate volatile and uncertain markets through innovative hedging strategies. Jay has over 20 years of experience in the financial markets and spent 12 years managing and growing the online brokerage business for TD Ameritrade. During this time, he led this business unit to become #1 in trade volume among U.S. brokers. ZEGA’s founding principles grew out of the bestselling book Jay co-authored entitled, “Buy and Hedge, the Five Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term.” His book highlights how to bridge the complicated nature of options investing with the needs of the everyday investor.