Equity Research

Leonard Brecken

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Extensive experience on equity sell/buy side and managing own self-funded hedge fund.

Appeared on CNBC Fast Money, WSJ, Yahoo Finance. Independent thinker self starter seeking

to learn to advance knowledge base following three principals: honor, excellence, perseverance.

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

Market research and analysis Business DevelopmentPortfolio Management Construction ManagementStrategic Planning P&L ManagementDiverse Market/Industry Accounting AnalyticsInformation systems understanding

CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Generated 20% plus returns for billion hedge fund. Top contributor to funds appreciation over 2year span.

Founded self-funded multi-million dollar hedge fund

Generated above average returns tax advantaged returnsInteract with top executives on strategy & building earnings modelsExposed accounting irregularities at Avid Technology & NetflixWritten extensively on decoupling of oil price vs fundamentals

Top contributor to OilPrice.com whose articles are distributed to millions throughout the

investment and industry.

Initiated on line blog @lbrecken13 on energy commentary

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contributor, 03/2015 to Current

OilPrice.com New York, NY

Leading contributor writing over 35 articles read by millions on various oil & gas topicsLead research on exposing media and gov't agency data distortions

Created Own Twitter energy blog @lbrecken13

Founder/ Portfolio Manager, 10/2002 to Current

Brecken Capital LLC New York, NY

Founded and solely manage fund using own personal fundsSelf generated investment ideas with little sell side relianceOversee all aspect of fund operations internally including tradingManage detailed earnings models for companies within fund

Senior Technology Analyst, 06/1999 to 12/2001

Feirstein Capital LLC New York, NY

Lead equity research for $1B growth Fund

Generated Over $120M in asset appreciation for fundResponsible for idea generation for all technology investments

Created P&Ls for core fund holdings

Senior Vice President, 01/1994 to 06/1999

Oppenheimer & Co New York, NY

Lead equity research coverage on various technology cos

Founded media technology research group at OPCO consisting of three person teamGenerated millions of dollars in investment banking feesFirst research analyst in industry to create retail data tracking for video game software

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Oil & Gas Equity Analyst Associate, 05/1992 to 01/1994

Oppenheimer & Co New York, NY

EDUCATION

MBA: Finance

New York University Stern School of Business New York, NY, USA

Bachelor of Science: Finance/Information Systems

New York University Stern School of Business New York, NY, USA

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