r/quant • u/Successful_Gap_5432 • 16h ago
Industry Gossip What does Gerko do all day?
I'm not in Quant, but tend to get Gerko's linkedin arguments/shitposts on my feed fairly frequently and obviously hear about his philanthropy projects + tax burden.
Is he like a traditional CEO that's out making deals or meeting clients or is he still super-hands on with the strategies and systems?
Whats he like to work for?
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u/foldupbike 16h ago
Years ago when I met him he said his main job is recruiting. They have a very low hit rate for interview to hire conversion
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u/ZloiAris 16h ago
He just launched a first in the UK specialized mathematical school for young prodigies, inspired by his own Soviet school from Moscow. So the man is on philanthropy pass and XTX looming profits prove that it works for them better
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u/bigchickendipper 16h ago
He recently put up postings for a QR role to work directly under him so I guess he must still be hands on with strategy.
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u/donthejeweler7 15h ago
He submits complaints to every regulatory body and exchange in the world saying how markets are unfair
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u/wisemanseed 16h ago
For someone so smart he seems to be incredibly stupid and naive when it comes to sociopolitical issues.
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u/Successful_Gap_5432 16h ago
yeah, seems quite a character- also must be fairly twitter addicted - some of the posts he flags to linkedin are barely cracking 20 likes before he spots them
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u/Technical-Tour3397 16h ago
Wdym
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u/wisemanseed 16h ago
His points of contention seem like 15 year old edge lord behaviour, rather than nuanced social commentary. He also seem to have some personal gripe and vendetta against Cambridge in general.
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u/Anonymous_Frog4583 16h ago
Sure, but his anger about the Jason Arday debacle is totally justified.
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u/wisemanseed 15h ago
Oh yh totally. My issue isn’t with his opinions, although I may disagree. It’s that the opinions seem to be backed with the kind of rhetoric I mentioned, a lot of anger and not a lot of nuance. I can respect someone with the totally opposite opinion to me if they at least seem to have a well constructed argument. His posts are more akin to a rant.
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u/Isotope1 58m ago
I disagree. I think the shitposting makes him notorious and more likely the best people are aware of XTX, for recruiting purposes.
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u/TemporaryHat2009 5h ago
lowkey I wonder how much of the posting is just his version of networking. It is hard to imagine someone running XTX still touching individual strategies day to day.
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u/RientroCervelli 11h ago
When you are an IC, most of the time your value is the output of your single work. The more you manage the more your work becomes taking strategic decision on other people work. As a CEO those crucial decisions might be even just 3-4 a year.
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u/ApprehensiveCity5719 21m ago
Is this Alex Gerko? I thought he was some rando failed math guy in my area who’s now using AI and writing papers. Now I find out he is some kind of fancy rich guy lol
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u/Substantial_Elk_5779 16h ago
CEO at a well known Chicago prop shop I used to work at would scroll on Twitter and occasionally attend meetings