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Ritchie Capital Management
Joseph Ritchie (January 1, 1947 - February 22, 2022), better known as Joe Ritchie, was an options and commodities trader. In 1977, he founded Chicago Research and Trading (Chicago Research and Trading Group, CRT) and served as the head of Fox River Partners at the time of his death. Ritchie had ten children and was married to his wife, Sharon Ritchie, for over fifty years. Early career Ritchie attended Wheaton College (Illinois), Wheaton College, where he studied philosophy. After graduating in 1969, he worked as a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. Ritchie later worked as a guard at the Cook County Jail. While there, Ritchie's life took a new direction when a friend handed him a book on how to strike it rich trading commodities. In 1970, Ritchie became a programmer for Arthur Andersen. It was at Arthur Anderson where he first met Steve Fossett on a project for Marshall Fields. In 1976, Ritchie started working the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheaton College (Illinois)
Wheaton College is a Private college, private Evangelical, Evangelical Christian Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. It was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois' first black college graduates. History Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States), Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard (Wheaton), Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College (Illinois), Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin College. Mired in financial trouble and unable to sustain the institution, the Wesleyans looked to Blanchard for new leadership. He took on the role as president in 1860, having suggested several Congregationalist appointee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
