Steven Grey is the founder and managing principal of Grey Value Management, LLC, a privately-held investment entity. 

Most recently he was the Chief Investment Officer of Freedom Capital Partners, a firm based in Alexandria, Virginia managing in excess of $200 MM of private capital.  Prior to Freedom Capital he helped launch and was Managing Director of Risk at Albright Capital Management, a Washington DC-based investment advisory firm chaired by Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th Secretary of State of the United States.  Albright Capital manages over $300 MM across a wide spectrum of geographies and asset classes, with a focus on emerging markets.   For several years he was co-manager of Windward Capital, LLC, an event-driven hedge fund that was launched in March 1999 and managed over $100 mil.  On occasion an activist investor (see Reuters article), prior to his time with Windward Capital Steven ran Grey Value Holdings, LLC., an investment vehicle dedicated to leveraged buyouts which raised over $500 mil. in capital.  Before Grey Value Holdings he was an associate portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman Inc. 

Steven was a teaching assistant at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, from which he graduated with an MBA in 1997.  He also graduated from the Tulane University School of Law (JD) in 1995, studying law in both the US and Japan, with a focus on corporate and securities law.  He received his BA from the University of Texas at Austin (honors) in 1990.  He has testified as an expert witness in securities litigation, served as a panelist in investment conferences, and is registered under Series 7 and Series 63. 

Steven began investing in stocks at the age of 13 with the purchase of a utility stock featuring a ridiculously high dividend (see Doyle Article).   A Texan by birth, his global meanderings include over 3 years in Tokyo, as well as significant time spent in Hong Kong, Thailand, India, and various locations in Europe and elsewhere.  Other sojourns include a wander through the alleyways of Byzantium in Istanbul, as well as multiple motorcycle journeys, including an 8,000 mile solo trip through the US, and ride across Australia, and most recently a 6,000 mile loop through Canada.

His first real influence in investing was his father, a pilot by profession and still one of the shrewdest  investors he has ever known.  Steven's mentor in investment analysis was a legendary investor and fellow motorcyclist from Demopolis, Alabama who formerly co-managed (with a man later accused of breaking the Bank of England) one of the largest and most successful hedge funds of all time (Articles). 

His interests include motorcycles, travel, art, literature, music, snowboarding, and flying.       

Steven can be contacted directly at steven@greyvm.com