By |Published On: November 11th, 2014|Categories: Research Insights|

I have the privilege to work with 2 partners who served in the Marine Corps from 2004-2008: Captain Wes Gray and Captain Pat Cleary.

Both of these guys are Ivy League graduates and both of them lent the best years of their lives to the United States Marine Corps. We also have received venture capital from a former Army Captain. Wes was crazy enough to leave a PhD program to join the Marines–who does that???

http://www.businessinsider.com/wesley-gray-coming-home-2014-11Wesley Gray coming home - Business Insider_2014-11-11_21-25-20
I’ve been actively involved in Wall Street and business for over 25 years and I’ve learned more about life and business via my veteran partners than I ever did working on Wall Street.

These guys really do stand for honor, courage, and commitment.

Thanks to all the veterans out there–a huge shout-out from Alpha Architect!

About the Author: David Foulke

David Foulke
David Foulke is an operations manager at Tradingfront, Inc., a provider of automated digital wealth management solutions. Previously, he was at Alpha Architect, where he focused on business development, firm operations, and blogging on quantitative investing and finance topics. Prior to Alpha Architect, he was involved in investing and strategy at Pardee Resources Company, a manager of natural resource and renewable assets. Prior to Pardee, he worked in investment banking and capital markets roles at several firms in the financial services industry, including Houlihan Lokey, GE Capital and Burnham Financial. He also founded two internet companies, E-lingo, and Stonelocator. Mr. Foulke received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.

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