Michael Smith is a director and private investor to the Company. He was the founder of Seaworthy Investments, LLC, and general partner of the Outrigger Funds, LP, a private hedge fund. Mr. Smith was formerly the founder of Harbor Capital Partners, LLC, and general partner of Harbor Real Asset Fund, LP. Michael helped grow the company’s real estate bridge loan portfolio and generated returns greater than 50% above benchmark indices.
Michael has a best-selling video “Effective Short Selling: Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets” and was educated at Brigham Young University in Humanities with an emphasis in English. He has participated in the university’s Baccalaureate and Masters English programs.
Previously, Michael founded software company Ten Bagger, Inc., publishers of investment software BigEasy investor voted “Best of the Web” by Forbes Magazine for Technical Analysis and Charting. After substantially growing their user base to more than 160 countries, Michael secured an acquisition agreement to merge their company with Ameritrade Holdings, Inc., in 2000. Ameritrade now markets BigEasy Investor under the brand Ameritrade Advanced Analyzer.
