Menelik Graham's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Menelik Graham has a background in Economics. He has been working in the field of hedge funds since he was young. He started his career at BLK Capital Management LLC, a black-owned and student-run intercollegiate hedge fund, where he was a Co-Founder and chairman. He also worked at GK Capital Management Ltd. from July 2017 to August 2017. He was a summer analyst at GK Capital Management Ltd. from July 2017 to August 2017. He was also a part of the development team for CollegeSnaps, a program that connects first-generation/low-income, students currently in high school with similar first-generation/low-income students currently at University.Since Menelik Graham started working at Bain & Company, he has worked in various capacities, including associate consultant, summer analyst, and co-founder at CollegeSnaps. He is currently a part of the team working on developing the company’s new product, CollegeSnaps.

🎓 Education

Menelik Graham has a Bachelor's of Science in Politics from Princeton University. Graham's prior education and work experience has left him with a comprehensive understanding of Caribbean regionalism and customizing it to fit American values. Graham's research experience has focused on local government in the Caribbean, and it is through his work experiences that he has learned to develop effective policy programs. Graham has a strong understanding of the Caribbean international political system and its intricacies, and his Policy experience has helped him develop insights into how regionalism can beDear menelik Graham working in the U.S. domestic policy field and rolling with the punches has made himself quite familiar with different House and Senate Committees as well as being quite good in multiple-choice question types

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

gentlemen,I am Menelik Graham, a black man with over 20 years of professional experience in the financial industry. I am currently a Co-Founder and Chairman at BLK Capital Management, LLC. BLK Capital Management, LLC is a 100% black owned and student-run intercollegiate Hedge Fund that focuses on educating our members by exposing them to the field of active investment management. We are a long/short equity fund that employs our capital across the globe delivering absolute returns seeking to outperform industry standards.On the long side, we teach and believe in a bottom-up, fundamental analysis value philosophy. We seek to gain a competitive advantage through focusing on small cap companies with less analyst coverage and more opportunities for deep mispricing with a significant margin of safety.On the short side, we look to take a contrarian position and look for companies that meet several of our specific requirements:Significant exposure to technological obsolescenceHigh amounts of debt and risk of defaultHard catalyst that will occur within 12 months of our initial investmentAccounting fraud or significant deception in accounting techniques.Global Marketing Solutions Intern at Facebook from June 2018 to August 2018 (3 months) in Austin, Texas Area.Summer Analyst at GK Capital Management Ltd from July 2017 to August 2017 (2 months) in Kingston, Jamaica.Provided detailed economic analyses and forecasts on the various markets and businesses within which the company operatesDeveloped detailed analyses to support significant investment decisions, with forecasts of return on current and proposed optionPrepared monthly reports used by Senior Management and the Board of Directors (e.g. Management Accounts, Business Unit and product profitability) and proposed enhancements where appropriate.Co-Founder at Boots4Ballerz from December 2014 to August 2017 (2 years 9 months) in Auburndale, FLBoots4Ballerz is a program that seeks to find cleats in good condition that are not being used and give them to children in Jamaica who would gladly put them to use. Soccer Referee at Florida State Referees Inc. from September 2012 to December 2016 (4 years 4 months) in Central Florida.I was a Florida soccer referee for 4 years. I worked 9 months throughout the year, not including the summer. I worked approximately 10-15 hours a week, refereeing male, female, and co-ed games of ages 5 to 70.Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in New York, New York, United States..Orange Key Tour Guide at Princeton University from March 2017 to 2020 (3 years) in Princeton, NJ. Associate Consultant Intern at Bain & Company from June 2019 to August 2019 (3 months) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States..Co-Founder at College Snaps from May 2017 to 2019 (2 years) in Princeton, NJ.CollegeSnaps is an organization that develops expertise in connecting first-generation/low-income, students currently in high school with similar first-generation/low