Prelude
Summary
Robert Kehres is an entrepreneur and investor with a diverse background in finance and technology. Robert’s career spans hedge funds, proprietary trading, and VC-backed technology startups.
Trading
Robert Kehres began his career at the age of 20 in Hong Kong as a Strategist in convertible bond arbitrage and special situations at the multi-strategy hedge fund LIM Advisors. He subsequently transitioned to being a Quantitative Trader at J.P. Morgan in London before foraying into entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
Robert Kehres founded multiple ventures that have since been operational and EBITDA-profitable today, including Dynamify, KOTH Gaming, Longshanks Capital, Origin Markets, Untethered Mind, and Yoho. Additionally, Robert founded 18 Salisbury Capital—a Pan-Asian convertible bond arbitrage, event-driven, special situations, and statistical arbitrage hedge fund—at the age of 30—joined by hedge fund veterans Michael Gibson (Executive Chairman), Masanori Takaku (Head of Trading), and Stephen Yuen (Head of Research).
Education
Robert Kehres holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cambridge (1st) and a Master of Science from Oxford, specializing in Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics.