Julius Gaudio

About

Julius Gaudio is a managing director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and, as a member of the Executive Committee of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., jointly supervises the D. E. Shaw group’s worldwide asset management businesses. In addition, Mr. Gaudio is a member of the firm’s Risk Committee, which is responsible for firmwide risk management and capital allocation.

He joined the D. E. Shaw group in 1993 and has been engaged in the formation, trading, and management of a number of investment strategies operated by the D. E. Shaw group. Mr. Gaudio is ultimately responsible for the firm’s Corporate Credit, Convertible Securities, Asset-Backed Strategies, and Fundamental Equities investment units, as well as the firm’s private investment activities.

He earned his A.B. in honors economics at Harvard University in 1993, graduating magna cum laude, and was awarded a John Harvard Scholarship for academic distinction, with coursework focusing on international monetary economics. Mr. Gaudio is a member of the board of directors of Acumen, a non-profit organization seeking innovative solutions to the problems of global poverty.