BLK Capital Management, Corp
Michael Bongo has a diverse work experience in investment banking, asset management, and business development. In 2022, they worked as a Roark Investment Fellow at Roark Capital and as an Incoming Investment Banking and Global Markets Summer Analyst at Nomura. Michael also served as a Chief Macro Investment Officer at BLK Capital Management Corp. In 2021, Michael worked as an Analyst at Dartmouth Investment and Philanthropy Program. Michael participated in the Diverse Leaders Program at Blackstone and attended the BLK | Alpine Investors Summit at Alpine Investors. Additionally, they worked as a Technology and Business Development Consultant at TAMID Group, where they gained experience in consultation techniques, market research, and algorithm development. In 2022, they worked as an Asset Management Summer Analyst at BentallGreenOak. Prior to their professional career, Michael co-founded and served as COO of PrivaSee in 2019, and was the President of LaunchX Clubs from 2019 to 2020.
Michael Bongo began their education at Alliance High School, where they obtained a High School Diploma in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. Michael then attended the African Leadership Academy from 2018 to 2020, earning another High School Diploma with a focus on Entrepreneurial Leadership. In 2019, they attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a brief period to study Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies through the Launch X program.
Currently, Michael is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College, starting in 2020 and ongoing.
In addition to their formal education, Michael has also obtained several certifications. In December 2021, they completed the "Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization" from Duke University. Michael also received training in "Google Ads Essential Training" from LinkedIn and achieved certifications in "Facebook Social Media Marketing Specialization" from Coursera and "Google Ads Display Certification" from Google, all in December 2021. Additionally, they became a "Facebook Certified Digital Marketing Associate" in March 2021. In February 2022, they completed the "TuckLab" program offered by The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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♣ BLK Capital Management, LLC is a 100% black owned and student run 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. ♣ BLK Capital actively recruits and selects intelligent and motivated students from the Ivy League, MIT, and Stanford to craft a small team of elite investors. As a prerequisite for selection, each member must go through a three-round, case-study interview process that highlights their passion for knowledge and ability to display leadership capabilities. ♣ 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 obsolescence - High amounts of debt and risk of default - Hard catalyst that will occur within 12 months of our initial investment - Accounting fraud or significant deception in accounting techniques With these disciplines, we hope to find investments with a favorable risk/reward profile so that we may preserve our capital and diversify our portfolio. Our short positions never make up more than 1-2% of our portfolio and no position makes up more than 7-8% of the fund. Our members are divided into industry sectors and become experts through focusing on industry trends and the underlying business models within their sector.