Li Chang

Prior to founding Recursion in 2015, Li was a senior trader managing ABS portfolio for hedge fund Altum Capital Management. Before joining Altum, she traded CMBS for Paulson & Co. Li gained her extensive cross-product understanding on both business and analytics/technology from her earlier experience through working at the proprietary trading desk at Bear Stearns, running the financial engineering team of mortgage desk at Citadel, and conducting quantitative research at Morningstar.

In 2015, Li founded Recursion in New York, a Fintech company integrating technology, finance, and big data. In 5 years, Li turned Recursion into an indispensable financial data provider for Wall Street firms and the government agencies.

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Li holds a PhD degree in Mathematics from University of Illinois at Chicago, and a B.Arch. from Tsinghua University. Li also serves as an Industry Expert in Residence for Gabelli Business School at Fordham University.