Timothy Sykes
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About
American entrepreneur and stock trader who founded Cilantro Fund Management LLC, which was named as the top-ranked short bias fund by BarclayHedge in 2003. He has been a featured guest on networks like CNN, ABC and CBS and released his book An American Hedge Fund in 2007.
Before Fame
He turned $12,000 worth of bar mitzvah money into more than $1.65 million by day trading penny stocks while still in high school.
Trivia
He has famously exposed various so-called "pump and dump" scams by companies including SpongeTech and NXT Nutritionals Holdings.
Family Life
He got engaged to model Bianca Alexa in January 2015.
Associated With
He implicated pop star Justin Bieber in a "pump and dump" scam with Options Media Group in 2011.
