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Brad@StakeHoldersCapital.com, (888) 785-4537 x.3
Brad Stonberg, Treasurer and co-founder, began trading stocks successfully at the age of 13 under the tutelage of his father. At Boston University’s School of Management he studied business and finance, graduating “cum laude” in 1984. While at college, he worked with the social activist Howard Zinn engaging active strategies for peaceful and thoughtful dissent toward real and practical ends. Combining social activism with economic study, Brad protested the development of nuclear submarines and military manufacturers’ economic strategies of profiting from war. Today, his participation in StakeHolders Capital represents a natural growth in his commitment to social change through economic responsibility.
In 1992 Brad began a successful career as an options market maker while trading on the floor of the American Stock Exchange, where he mastered options trading. Concurrently he was volunteering at New York Cares, spending educational time with children from underserved communities. It was at New York Cares that Brad met and became fast friends with fellow volunteer and future business partner, Andrew Bellak. Together they formed an independent options market making trading firm; in 2000 their firm was purchased by Goldman Sachs, where both Brad and Andrew continued their work together.
Other than being an options trader, Brad established the first organic bakery in the state of Oregon, a pretzelry!, with a childhood friend, enjoying both the business and the practice of daily baking. On a personal level he practices a vegetarian diet and cooks vegetarian meals weekly as a volunteer at Integral, a Buddhist yoga center in New York City. Through StakeHolders Capital, Brad engages his two strong suits, the first being his deep understanding of options trading and the second being his commitment to social responsibility and the sustainable care of our planet.
Brad holds the FINRA Series 65 registration.
