Danilo Ruas Santiago Bio
Danilo Ruas Santiago
Partner, Rational Asset Management
Mr. Danilo Santiago is a founding partner of Rational Asset Management, a long-short hedge fund, which he co-manages with Mr. Cláudio Skilnik (CBS ’02). The fund operations started in April 2008, focusing on publicly traded liquid US equities. Rational has also firmed a partnership with Turim Investimentos, one of the biggest multi-family offices in Brazil. Rational core strength is its proprietary company analyses – differently from most funds, Rational’s knowledge base is quasi- static, which provides the fund with an extra edge when triggering a new long/short position.
Mr. Santiago has an MBA from Columbia Business School (CBS ‘01) and a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineer from the University of São Paulo (class of 1994). Before founding Rational, Mr. Santiago worked for three years on a multi-billion dollar, fundamental focused hedge fund in New York City. Prior to that Mr. Santiago spent six years at McKinsey & Co, the majority of which at the Corporate Finance Practice, also in New York City.