Edgar Perez

Edgar Perez (born February 7, 1974) is an American-Peruvian business author, keynote speaker and strategy consultant, who lives in New York. He is the author of The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street, and has been featured internationally on artificial intelligence and deep learning, quantum computing, cybersecurity and high-frequency trading.

Edgar Perez
BornFebruary 7, 1974 (1974-02-07) (age 46)
Lima, Peru
EducationUniversidad Nacional de Ingeniería (B.S.), Universidad ESAN (M.M.), Columbia Business School (M.B.A.)
OccupationAuthor of "The Speed Traders" and "Knightmare on Wall Street" and director of global programs on quantum computing, artificial intelligence, deep learning and cybersecurity
Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Cyber security, High-frequency trading, Investing
Websitemredgarperez.com

Education

Perez was born in Lima, Peru. From 1990 to 1994, he attended Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, earning a B.S. in Systems Engineering. He was the youngest graduate ever to receive a Masters in Management from Universidad ESAN in 1997. He later attended Columbia Business School and received his M.B.A. in Finance and Management.

Career

Perez is a well-known speaker and educator on quantum computing, artificial intelligence, deep learning, cybersecurity and global investing. He has addressed executives in the world's major financial centers, including New York City, London, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur,[1] Warsaw, London, Kiev, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Stockholm and Santiago.

Perez has been featured in a number of interviews with CNBC, such as Cash Flow and Squawk Box,[2] China Business News, China Central Television, Bankier.pl,[3] TheStreet.com,[4] among others, to discuss topics including high-frequency trading, financial regulation and international economics. He has been featured in articles by The Wall Street Journal,[5] The New York Times,[6] The Star,[7] Dallas Morning News,[8] International Finance News, Valor Economico,[9] Caixin,[10] Yicai,[11] and many other newspapers.

Perez has presented at a number of academic and professional institutions including the Council on Foreign Relations, CME Group's Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012, Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 Shanghai, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CFA Singapore,[12] Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University,[13] Beijing University of International Business and Economics,[14] Hult International Business School Shanghai, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University Kiev, Pace University New York, Harvard Business School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference, MIT Sloan School of Management Investment Management Conference, Institutional Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London) and FIXGlobal Face2Face.

Additional affiliations

He is a Council Member of the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) and Guidepoint Global Advisors, former consultant with McKinsey & Company, senior consultant with IBM Global Services, and vice president at Citigroup

Works

Perez's first book is entitled The Speed Traders: An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World and details the evolution of high-frequency trading through a chronological style as well as details of some of its public misconceptions around the Flash Crash. This book includes a thorough discussion of the interaction between high frequency traders and retail and institutional investors as well as detailed interviews with practitioners from American and European firms.

On August 1, 2013, Perez released his second book, Knightmare on Wall Street: The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets. Knightmare on Wall Street is the account of the hours following Knight Capital's August 1, 2012 trading disruption which led to a $400 million rescue by Jefferies, Blackstone Group, GETCO, Stifel Financial, TD Ameritrade and Stephens. Perez's book reviews the initial years of Knight Capital since its founding in 1995 by Walter Raquet and Kenneth Pasternak, and closes with the acquisition of the company by GETCO; the combination was later renamed KCG Holdings.

Personal life

Perez resides in the New York City area.

References
  1. Interview in Malaysia "Leaderonomicsmedia", "April 27, 2012"
  2. CNBC Interview: High-Frequency Trading with Edgar Perez, "CNBC", "June 23, 2011"
  3. High Frequency Trading or a million in a second Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine,"Bankier.pl", "April 29, 2011"
  4. High Frequency Traders Not the Enemy Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, "The Street", June 9, 2011"
  5. SE Asia to Power Asian Growth for Next Two Decades, "The Wall Street Journal", "August 3, 2012"
  6. Don’t Ban the Trades; Regulate Them in Real Time, "The New York Times", "August 27, 2012"
  7. Up Close and Personal with Edgar Perez, "The Star", "May 19, 2012"
  8. High Frequency Traders Push Boundaries and Market Volatility, "Dallas News", "October 3, 2011"
  9. High Frequency Must Turn 20% of The Bag Until The End of The Year, "Valor Economico", "June 2, 2012"
  10. High Frequency Dispute, "Magazine Caixin", "June 11, 2012"
  11. High-frequency trading is not in contradiction with the value of the investment, "Yicai.com", "June 12, 2012"
  12. The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading, "CFA Singapore", "June 21, 2011"
  13. The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading, "New York University", "November 8, 2011"
  14. High Frequency Trading: Beyond Buffett and Soros's investment securities new model Archived 2012-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, "UIBE School of Banking and Finance", "June 4, 2012"
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