Chief Compliance Officer
Reynold Samoranos is the Chief Compliance Officer at Valentine Capital Asset Management. Prior to joining Valentine Capital Asset Management, Mr. Samoranos was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Hammerman Capital Management, an event-driven hedge fund investment firm. Prior to joining Hammerman Capital Management in January 2011, Mr. Samoranos was the Managing Member and a founding Principal of RKB Investment Group, a real estate investment firm launched in 2003. From November (2001-2003), Mr. Samoranos was the Chief Financial Officer for Newport Pacific Management Company, a San Francisco based $3 billion international investment management firm. Prior to Newport Pacific, Mr. Samoranos was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Operations and Trading at Hanson Investment Management Company, a $2.5 billion domestic equity value-style investment management firm. He was responsible for all non-investment operations and played a leading role in the firm’s growth to $2.5 billion assets under management (1991-2001). Prior to Hanson, Mr. Samoranos was a VP and Controller at Citicorp, West Coast Institutional Banking Group (1988-1991).
Mr. Samoranos holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Graduate School of Business at University of Chicago and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Walter Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley.
Holds FINRA licensures in Series 63 and 65, CA Insurance License, and CA Real Estate License.
