Quick Facts
Biography
Yan Huo is Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Capula Investment Management. Prior to co-founding Capula in 2005, Yan spent most of his professional career at JPMorgan, where he worked in its derivatives research and proprietary positioning business.
Yan is a member of the board of directors of the Huo Family Foundation and Teach For China.He is also a Trustee of Princeton and Fudan Universities. He holds a PhD and an MA in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and a BS in Physics from Fudan University.
Since its inception in 2009, the Huo Family Foundation has given over $41 million to support projects in the UK, US and China.The Foundation’s mission is to support education, communities and the pursuit of knowledge. Its current areas of focus are education; neuroscience and psychology; public policy and the arts.
Huo donated £200,000 to the British Conservative Party during the 2019 United Kingdom general election.