Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl is a hedge fund manager and conservative commentator based in Orange County, California. He is the CEO of Montgomery Assets as well as Beverly Hills Management. With a strong following of conservatives on Twitter, he has been called a "Pro-Trump Troll" and a "far-right conspiracy theorist." Wohl is the son of David Wohl (Attorney). Wohl has been implicated in trying to pay women to falsely accuse Robert Muller of sexual assault.
Early Life
Wohl grew up in Corona, California in the Inland Empire and attended Santiago High School (Corona, California). An athlete, Jacob was a member of his school's football and basketball teams. After watching several economics courses online from Harvard and Yale, Jacob launched his first hedge fund at age 16. His first investors were his classmates and as his success grew, their parents, teachers, and coaches began to invest with Jacob. He received attention from around the world for being the youngest hedge fund manager of all time.
Investment Strategy and Views on Hedge Funds
Jacob's Office in Beverly Hills, California
Jacob Wohl manages fixed income and interest rate trading for Montgomery Assets.
He utilizes a value based strategy to invest in bonds, overlaid with a quantitative hedging system.
Jacob views hedge funds as a vehicle "for the rich to get richer" and is critical of the current regulatory system in place.
He says that the entire system needs to be reformed in order to give the average citizen the opportunity to invest in hedge funds.
Regulatory Issues
In August 2016, the National Futures Association, a self-regulator of the US Futures market, banned Wohl for violation of rule 2-15 "Failure to cooperate with the NFA". Wohl contends that he was not a member of the organization when they attempted to perform an examination and thus had no obligation to cooperate. In addition, Jacob's father describes the behavior of NFA officials as "regulatory thuggery" and they filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Twitter Presence
Jacob is extremely active on Twitter where he describes himself as a financial and political commentator. Although he describes himself as apolitical, Jacob has become a vocal supporter of Trump on the platform and in July 2017 was retweeted by the President when he criticized the media. [7]Wohl is the youngest person to be retweeted by a sitting President of the United States. As of August 2018, Jacob garnered over 175K followers.
Plot Against Mueller
Comparison of Matthew Cohen and Jacob Wohl
On October 30th, Mueller asked the FBI to look into allegations that someone was offering women money in exchange for making false accusations against him.
Both Jacob Wohl and conservative radio host Jack Burkman are implicated in the plot, but Burkman denies any involvement in paying people to frame Mueller.
Burkman told The Hill reporter Ed Krassenstein that a firm called Surefire Intelligence and the Jacob Wohl was behind the firm. A side-by-side analysis of a photo of Matthew Cohen, the alleged head of Surefire Intelligence, show that it an exact copy of a photo of Wohl, only tinted darker. Wohl was also associated with Surefire Intelligence through their domain name. On October 29th, Wohl hinted about allegations against Mueller yet has denied any involvement with Surefire.