Kennedy Mitchell

Kennedy Mitchell (born October 25, 1971) is a published author, currency trader, American businessman, and entrepreneur.
In 2002, he authored Single Stock Futures: An Investor's Guide. .
His work introduced new trading strategies utilizing single stock futures. He is also known for introducing new VIX Volatility Index trading strategies featured in several Barron’s Magazine articles.
== Life and career ==
Mitchell was born in New Haven, Connecticut and was educated at the Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, following which he attended the American College of Switzerland, and Marymount College in Palos Verdes California.
His first job in finance was at Gruntal & Co.|Gruntal in Boston Massachusetts, from there he moved to Prudential Securities, shortly thereafter being recruited by Coast Capital Management, a hedge fund in Boston as a junior portfolio manager, working primarily with currencies. His next position was at Meridian Asset Management in San Francisco from 1998 to 2004, where he again traded currencies as a portfolio manager. He next worked as a portfolio manager at Graham Capital Graham Capital Management in Rowayton, Connecticut. He subsequently went on to operate two of his own investment strategies, Bedford Investment Group LLC, which later was renamed Edgehill Investment Group LLC. He currently serves as the founder and chief investment officer of Edgehill Investment Group LLC. Over the past several years, Kennedy Mitchell has managed capital for Graham Capital Management, ISAM, Balyasnay Capital, Brevan Howard, and other "blue chip" asset managers.
Mitchell is also known for a major incident in New Haven, Connecticut, which occurred in late 2019. Following a lecture to a small group of graduate students at Yale University on cryptocurrency trading, he attended a dinner afterwards. Upon departing the venue, he was forced by three assailants into the back of a vehicle and tortured for approximately six hours, who were later discovered to be seeking money and assets from Mitchell. He then devised an escape place, and upon leaping from the vehicles rear window, he sustained nine gunshot wounds that nearly claimed his life. While being treated at Yale New Haven Hospital, in New Haven, Connecticut, it was stated that he requested additional meal tables be placed by his bedside in the intensive care unit (ICU) with several laptops so that he could continue trading and operating in a professional capacity.
In June 2021, Mitchell launched the Prometheus Fund, with $250 Million USD in commitments, solely dedicated to trading cryptocurrencies for institutional clientele. In addition, he continues to operate the Edgehill Currency Program, his flagship strategy, along with the Prometheus (cryptocurrency) strategy. The Edgehill Currency Program is said to currently manage approximately $85 Million USD in assets.
== Family ==
Mitchell is the great-grandson of former Connecticut Senator and Congressman William Kennedy (Connecticut politician)|William Kennedy, and the son of Kennedy Mitchell Sr. for whom the Kennedy Mitchell Hall of Records, in New Haven is named.
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