New York, New York, United States
Howard Kurz is an accomplished Chief Executive Officer and Director with extensive experience in investment management, mergers and acquisitions, and asset allocation. Howard has served as President of Finserv Acquisition Corp I (FSRV: Nasdaq) and FinServ Acquisition II (FSRX: Nasdaq), Managing Director and Head of Global Sales and Trading for a U.K. based investment bank, CEO and Founder of a global macro hedge fund and boutique private equity firm, and a Managing Director of Principal Investments for a major U.S. investment bank. Howard is also an early Cryptocurrency investor and has served as an advisor to and investor in several blockchain technology startups.
Co-Founder
• During its 17 years, LPCM operated three successful hedge funds and a Private Equity fund. • Assets under management in excess of $1 billion. • Private Equity Fund (Lilypad Investors I) purchased minority GP stakes in Alternative Asset Management companies. • Sourcing and advising Crypto asset management strategies to achieve institutional quality
• Sponsor of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), which raised IPO $250 million in November 2019 • Completed merger acquisition in June 2021 (Katapult Holdings, Inc.) with an equity valuation of approx. $1 billion • Focus on ecommerce and fintech industry with particular attention to disruptive technologies
• Responsible for the trading, sales, and portfolio risks for the financial markets division. Established global emerging markets business in fixed income and currencies. • Delivered $1.5 billion in direct revenues with offices in 20 countries comprising over a thousand employees. • Developed sophisticated electronic dealing capabilities in foreign exchange and swaps with daily turnover in excess of $10 billion.
• Led Multi-markets Proprietary Trading group to firm-wide record trading profits from 1994-1995. • Headed Foreign Exchange Trading and Sales for North America and served as Member of Fixed Income Operating Committee. • Interacted extensively with Federal Reserve Bank of New York during Mexican/Tequila crisis in 1994.