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Mari Kooi (born September 1954) is the CEO and founder of (Wolf Asset Management International LLC ) which has a focus on commodity and natural resource investments. Prior to founding Wolf, Kooi spent 18 years at Cargill Inc.., working as a trader, trading manager and finally president of Cargill Asset Management. Through her quarterly newsletter, ("Sopa Piranha" ), Kooi is a commentator on quantitative and qualitative financial trends. She serves on the board of the Santa Fe Institute. == Life and Education == Ms. Kooi learned her trade in commodities at age 15 from her father, a commodity trader who took her under his wing and taught her the ropes. After taking delivery of the nearby egg futures he said, “Mari, always be careful trading in the nearby contract, you may have to eat it for breakfast.” Thus Mari’s interest in trading extends back 40 years. Kooi earned a degree in economics from Iowa State University and focused her senior honors program project on World Food Distribution. She reported to renowned agricultural economist, Dr. (Neil Harl ). During her tenure at Iowa State, Kooi was awarded the Lucht Scholarship in economics for outstanding achievement. This was in addition to her award as a State of Iowa Scholar. Ms. Kooi holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of Minnesota. She used her early futures trading experience to land a commodity merchandising position at (Cargill Incorporated ) in 1977. She spent six years as a commodity trader focused on grains, transportation and feed ingredients. During this time, Kooi was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade (now the CME Group) and the COMEX (now the New York Mercantile Exchange). In 1983, she helped found Cargill’s first in-house hedge fund. This small department of eight people later became a division and then a group within Cargill. As president of Cargill Asset Management, Ms. Kooi’s focus was primarily in fixed income during the heyday of high interest rates. This group later spun out as the (Black River Fund ) (Black River Asset Management LLC) and (CarVal ). Ms. Kooi’s career at Cargill spanned 18 years. Kooi’s husband, Peter Kooi, has also spent his career in the commodity industry. He was an early pioneer in the grain trading industry joining Cargill in 1965 and later becoming president of Cargill International S.A., Geneva, Switzerland, president of Cargill’s World Grain Trading Group, and president of Cargill Asia Pacific Sector, Singapore. This led the Koois’ to live in Switzerland and Singapore where Ms. Kooi launched her first business venture, Wolf Risk Management. While living abroad, Kooi cultivated many relationships with international companies and developed knowledge of jurisdictions. Ms. Kooi has spent time in 89 countries and travel remains a high priority personally and allows her to stay abreast of the world commodity outlook. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mari Kooi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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