For 25 years Michael has invested directly at the security level and indirectly as an asset allocator in traditional and alternative asset classes.  He is a Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Alternative Alpha, at APG.  Previously he was the Chief Investment Officer at MOV37 and Protege Partners.  Michael is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia Business School, where he teaches Institutional Investing, an advanced MBA course that he created.  He is the Co-Founder of the Artificial Intelligence Finance Institute – AIFI.

Michael also testifies as an expert witness in financial and technology litigation.  He was a portfolio manager and global head of equities at FRM, a multi-strategy investment solutions provider.  Prior to that, Michael was a portfolio manager at Soros, the macro fund and family office, and at Credit Suisse.  Before that he was a Real Estate analyst at Dean Witter.

Michael is a board member of AIMA and on its Research Committee. He is on the management advisory council for the Michael Price Student Investment Fund and a Special Advisor to The Tokyo University of Science’s Endowment.  Michael is a founder and board member of Project Punch Card, a not-for-profit organization. He is a member of The Economic Club of New York. Michael is a former Chair at CFANY, where he has received multiple awards, including Volunteer of the Year.  He is a research contributor to The World Economic Forum on the impact of AI on Finance.

Michael is a published author, having written for The New York Times, Institutional Investor and investment books. He has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters. Michael is a frequent panelist, moderator and lecturer for investment banks, institutional and family office organizations and business schools, including SALT and Harvard.  Michael has a BS from New York University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.