John Ricci

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

AKQA, Inc. operates as a design and innovation agency. The firm specializes in interactive and digital marketing. It offers content creation and distribution, interface design, media, search and interactive, and customer relationship management. The company was founded by Dan Norris Jones, Matthew Treagus, Thomas Bedecarre, James Hilton and Aijaz Ahmed Zaidi in 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

GE Capital Corp. Ltd. operates as a specialist finance provider. It offers invoice finance, inventory finance, asset-based lending, cross border finance, leveraged finance, equipment leasing, vendor finance and fleet management services. The company is headquartered in headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The MITRE Corp. provides systems engineering, research and development and information technology support services. It offers federally funded research and development centers for the department of defense, the federal aviation administration, the internal revenue service and department of veteran affairs and the department of homeland security. The company was founded by Robert Everett in 1958 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. manufactures and sells motor vehicles and operates a manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The firm sells different brands of cars including Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Volkswagen, as well as VW Credit. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

David & Goliath LLC provides advertising services. It offers planning, branding, relationship marketing, interactive advertising services, and creative communication solutions. The company was founded by David Angelo on November 19, 1999 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Citigroup Private Bank is the private banking subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm serves worldly and wealthy individuals and their families with a customized private banking service that crosses borders. They also provide services to professional investors, family offices, and lawyers and law firms.

Dave Operating LLC provides technology services. It helps consumers to budget their expenses. The company was founded by Jason Wilk, John Wolanin, Zack Martinsek and Paras Chitrakar and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Syncora Guarantee, Inc. provides guarantee US municipal bonds; asset-backed securities; debt backed by utilities and selected infrastructure projects; specialized risks, including future flow securitizations and bank deposit insurance; and collateralized debt obligations. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S provides turboprop aircraft leasing services. It engages in the trading and leasing of regional aircraft turboprops. Its leasing solutions include operating leases, finance leases, and sale and leaseback options. The firm also engages in the sale, purchase, and financing of commercial jet and turboprop aircrafts. The company was founded by Martin Møller Nielsen in 1990 and is headquartered in Billund, Denmark.

Oportun, Inc. provides consumer financial services. The firm focuses on offering unsecured credit to under-banked Hispanic families that lack FICO scores, credit histories, and traditional banking relationships. It provides loans without collateral to clients who lack credit history by using its sophisticated risk-scoring system that emphasizes a client's true capacity to afford a loan and engages with customers in their neighborhoods, in their language and with familiar faces from the community to build relationships of trust that lead to a lifetime of growth and prosperity. The company was founded by James Gutierrez and Gabriel Manjarrez in 2005 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Hulu LLC engages in the provision of online television streaming services. It offers television shows, clips, movies, and other streaming media services. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Buckley LLP provides legal services. It is focused on financial services law and litigation and enforcement matters, BuckleySandler has gained a reputation for solving litigation, enforcement, compliance, regulatory, and transactional challenges for clients, and even turning them into business opportunities. The company was founded in March 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Visual Supply Co. engages in development of an ecosystem of digital tools, services and software solutions for modern creativity. It offers VSCO Cam, Film, Grid and JournalS, and VSCO Key. The company was founded by Joel Flory and Greg Lutze in 2011 and it is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Discord, Inc. develops video games for tablets and smartphones. It provides card and console games and web services to its customers. The company was founded by Jason Citron in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Red Bull North America, Inc. supplies energy drinks. It offers colas and beverages under Red Bull brand. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.