Growth From Failure

Tina Lindstrom - Commodity Portfolio Manager -  If you're the best, you can still lose. But don't be a quitter, get back up

Episode Summary

This is the story of Tina Lindstrom, a Partner at First NY where she manages an oil volatility portfolio. On this episode, you'll hear a remarkable story of a fighter - literally. Tina talks about fighting in a boxing charity tournament and falling in love with martial arts on the side while balancing a demanding derivatives trading career for the last 20 years. We discuss how she first heard about trading at a career fair in college, why she loved Susquehanna to start her career in trading and how she helped launch a hedge fund only to have to wind it down a few years later. Tina opens up about feeling depressed, feeling like a big failure and how soul crushing it was talking with investors as she had to wind down that hedge fund. Please enjoy this conversation with Tina Lindstrom.

Episode Notes

This is the story of Tina Lindstrom, a Partner at First NY where she manages an oil volatility portfolio. On this episode, you'll hear a remarkable story of a fighter - literally. Tina talks about fighting in a boxing charity tournament and falling in love with martial arts on the side while balancing a demanding derivatives trading career for the last 20 years. We discuss how she first heard about trading at a career fair in college, why she loved Susquehanna to start her career in trading and how she helped launch a hedge fund only to have to wind it down a few years later. Tina opens up about feeling depressed, feeling like a big failure and how soul crushing it was talking with investors as she had to wind down that hedge fund.

Please enjoy this conversation with Tina Lindstrom.