Alexander Gerko
$7.5B
Born
Dec 03, 1979
Age
46
Source of Wealth
Trading
Residence
London,
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Marital Status
Married
Children
0
Education
Master of Science, Moscow State University; Ph.D, Moscow State University; Master of Economics, New Economic School
- Alexander Gerko, a former Deutsche Bank FX quant trader and head of FX trading for GSA Capital, founded algorithmic trading company XTX Markets in 2015.
- Gerko is Co-CEO of XTX, which posted record profits in 2021 and became the largest emerging market FX provider in 2022.
- Born in Russia, he has lived and worked in the U.K. since 2006 and has U.K. citizenship.
- Gerko has invested in 62 companies including Compology, provider of artificial intelligence solutions in waste and transportation and Yet Analytics as an angel investor, according to Pitchbook.
- Gerko received more than $1 billion in XTX dividends in 2022.
- XTX sued Trump's former accounting firm, Mazars, after it refused to work with its Russian-born owner.
- Gerko has PhD in Mathematics and wrote several research papers including one that testing market timing for trading.
- His XTX issued a statement in support of Ukraine after Russia invaded and donated more than $25 million to nonprofits providing humanitarian relief.
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