“We believe in win-wins, not unsustainable relationships. We are committed to a business model that prioritizes client success.”

Andrew has been investing since the age of 7 when his father started offering him stocks for his birthday. He purchased Nike for $6.25 and sold it during his senior year of high school for a gain of 710%. Since then, Andrew’s appetite for investing has increased, and he has continually improved and refined his investment strategy and principles. He has diligently translated the lessons he learned over the years into computer algorithms, which ultimately evolved into his proprietary research system called GLM Analytics.Andrew started his career working for a member  of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. He later worked at Steward Capital Management, a privately held investment management firm based in Michigan, where he was responsible for managing the front, middle and back office operations for their private equity funds. Andrew left SCM in March 2017 to launch EIA, which he seeded with his own capital. He draws from several years of investing experience to build value for our investors.

Charles Chen is a Partner at EIA and joined the firm in 2020 where he leads diligence in equity investments in both the public and private markets. He has been interested in investing from a young age and follows a disciplined value philosophy. Prior to EIA, Charles worked in the Investment Banking Division at J.P. Morgan structuring equity and debt securities for public and private companies. He received a Bachelors degree from New York University where he graduated from in 2015.

Junping Chen is a Masters student at Columbia University’s Mathematics of Finance Program. She is a CFA level II candidate and passed the FRM test part II. Before coming to the United States, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Finance in 2019. She worked as a quantitative researcher at a Chinese startup company, Sea Aurora Asset Management, where she built investment strategies and valuation and risk assessment models. Junping is an accomplished chess player and has achieved a FIDE rating of 1790. 

Caroline Chen is a Marketing Communications Intern at EIA. She joined during the summer of 2020, and creates visual graphics and content for the company’s social media platforms and email campaigns. Caroline is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Communications at the University of Washington-Seattle, and is interested in seeking a career in the Marketing or Public Relations industry. She wants to build strong connections between businesses and clients by utilizing creativity and authenticity in the work that she creates.