Jay Pestrichelli

Jay Pestrichelli serves as the Chief Trading Officer at Tidal Financial Group and the Chief Executive Officer at ZEGA Investments, LLC, with additional leadership experience as CEO and Managing Director at ZEGA Financial, LLC from March 2011 to January 2025. Pestrichelli, a co-founder of ZEGA Financial, specializes in developing investment strategies, managing client portfolios, and fostering business development with a client-centric approach. Prior roles include Co-Founder at Buy and Hedge LLC and Managing Director at TD Ameritrade, where Pestrichelli significantly contributed to the growth of the Active Trading business line, which accounted for 85% of the company’s revenue. Early career highlights include serving as VP of Customer Support at Datek, overseeing support teams, and implementing a CRM system. Pestrichelli studied Behavioral Science at Concordia College-New York and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.