Sam Trabucco

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John Samuel Trabucco [1] is an American business executive. He was co-CEO of Alameda Research, a defunct quantitative trading firm founded by Sam Bankman-Fried before FTX. Caroline Ellison was Alameda's other co-CEO. Trabucco stepped down from Alameda in August 2022, leaving Ellison as sole CEO until its bankruptcy along with FTX three months later. [2]

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Early life and education

Trabucco attended a Mount Holyoke College math camp in 2010 where he met Sam Bankman-Fried. [3] Trabucco received his bachelor's in mathematics and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). There he also served as president of the undergrad math association and reconnected with Bankman-Fried. [4] [5]

Career

After graduation, he worked for Susquehanna International Group, a quantitative trading firm. He joined Alameda Research in March 2019, and officially became the co-CEO in October 2021 along with Caroline Ellison. [4] The following August, Trabucco stepped down from the role and Caroline Ellison became the sole CEO of the firm. [6] [7] [8] Alameda Research purchased a 52-foot yacht for Trabucco, who named it Soak My Deck. [9]

He also wrote crossword puzzles for The New York Times . [10]

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References

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