Derek Pilecki

Derek Pilecki, CFA, is the Managing Member and Portfolio Manager at Gator Capital Management, LLC in Tampa, Florida. He is responsible for overseeing the firm's long/short financials strategy, long-only financials strategy, and several individual portfolios. Derek manages both a hedge fund and a mutual fund, consistently focusing on financial sector equities and related assets, primarily targeting banks, private credit, and small- and mid-cap financial stocks.

Prior to founding Gator Capital Management in 2008, Derek held key investment roles at major financial institutions. He served on the Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Growth Equity Team, where he was Co-Chair of the Investment Committee and Portfolio Manager, specializing in financials. Earlier, he worked as an Analyst at both Clover Capital Management in Rochester, NY, and Burridge Growth Partners in Chicago, where his coverage focused on the financial sector. His career began at Fannie Mae, analyzing interest rate risk for the mortgage investment portfolio.

Derek holds an MBA with honors in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Duke University. He is a CFA charterholder and recognized for his expertise in financial sector investing, having led strategies that have outperformed broad market indices and financial sector benchmarks with significant multi-year returns.