Institutional-Grade Alternatives with Disciplined Risk Management
Typhon Capital Management provides qualified investors with modular access to award-winning specialist managers across equities, commodities, futures, cryptocurrencies, and private credit. Our platform is built for sophisticated investors seeking differentiated return streams, independent risk oversight, and alignment through partner-led strategies.
Why Typhon
- No passthrough layered fees
- Independent risk governance at the portfolio and strategy level
- Partner-led managers with capital and operational skin in the game
- Institutional controls, compliance, and auditor oversight
Leadership Headshots
Leadership & Portfolio Management
Executive Leadership
James L. Koutoulas, Esq. — Founder & CEO
- 30 years of experience
- Software developer, portfolio manager, and trial lawyer
- Built Typhon's modular fund platforms and bespoke portfolio tools
- Led $7.1 billion in recoveries as trial lawyer
- BS University of Florida; JD Northwestern Law
- Served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the NFA
David Klusendorf — Chief Investment Officer, Partner
- 39 years of experience
- Former S&P proprietary trader at Timber Hill, LLC
- Founded Klusendorf Trading with 22 portfolio managers
- Full member of CME, CBOT, and CBOE
- Served on multiple major CME committees
Nicholas Bloom — Managing Director, UK Risk, Partner
- 41 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2010 as a currency PM, moved to risk in 2020
- Previously portfolio manager at Tarchon Capital across CTA, macro, fixed income, volatility, and relative value commodity strategies
- Former trader at Richco, Chemical Bank International, and Lehman Brothers
Ruth Sotak — Managing Director, Operations, Partner
- 42 years of experience
- Oversees firmwide operational strategy and execution
- Former Head of Special Operations at TradeLink
- Former MD & COO, Global Energy Operations at Citadel Investment Group
- MS Management, MIT; MA Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania; BS Geography, Michigan State University
Portfolio Managers
George Michalopoulos — Portfolio Manager, Leonidas Macro & Leonidas Cryptocurrency
- 20 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2016
- Former Citadel crude oil portfolio manager and director of speculative crude volatility
- Deep expertise in energy markets, including WTI/Brent and natural gas
- BA University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa
James Gallo — Portfolio Manager, Vulcan Metals, Partner
- 39 years of experience
- 30+ years trading metals on COMEX/NYMEX
- CEO of All American Copper
- Proprietary metals trader with deep expertise in copper and related markets
- Member of the COMEX Board of Governors
Michael J. Heffernan, CFA, CMT — Portfolio Manager, S-Squared L/S Quant Value Equity
- 23 years of experience
- Former PM at Whitebox Advisors and Flint Rock Global Investors
- Co-founder and portfolio manager at Hart & Heffernan Capital
- Specialist in volatility-driven long/short equity and derivatives strategies
Christopher G. Angelo, PhD — Portfolio Manager, S-Squared L/S Quant Value Equity
- 21 years of experience
- Former professor of finance at UT Dallas and SMU
- Founder and fund manager of hedge fund of funds and macro strategies
- Developed options-based strategies on currency, commodity, and equity index futures
Jerod Leman — Portfolio Manager, Plutus Grain, Partner
- 23 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2009
- Structures cash market hedges for end users and agricultural producers
- Former Hedge Account Executive at Overmeyer Commodities
Nick Nickols — Portfolio Manager, Zephyrus Livestock, Partner
- 32 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2017
- Former President of NK Commodity Brokers, Inc.
- Began career at Security Pacific National Bank's Primary Dealer Group
- Former VP, Futures Commission Merchant Sales
Alessandro Barcelloni Corte — Portfolio Manager, Athena Quantitative, Partner
- 15 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2020
- MSc Investment & Risk Finance, University of Westminster
- Applies systematic, model-driven strategies across equity and commodity markets
- Former PM for UCITS multi-strategy funds
Roberto Vernazza — Portfolio Manager, Mercurio Quantitative
- 21 years of experience
- Joined Typhon in 2020
- Former Head Trader & Partner at Quantmetrics Capital Management
- Helped grow the business from $100M to $1.6B
- Masters in Economics, University of Cambridge
Risk & Compliance
Typhon Capital Management, LLC is the CFTC Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor, while Typhon Advisors, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, is an SEC-registered RIA specializing in building bond and SPV offerings for private credit and litigation finance with optional insurance wrappers. KPMG serves as our fund auditor.
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