Jason DeSena Trennert

Jason DeSena Trennert is the managing partner and chief investment strategist of Strategas Research Partners LLC and the chairman and chief executive officer of the firm’s broker-dealer subsidiary, Strategas Securities, LLC. In 2006, Mr. Trennert co-founded Strategas, which originally began with just five employees. Today, the firm employs over 45 research analysts, institutional salesmen, and sales traders, at its offices in New York and Washington D.C. and is fortunate to count among its clients some of the world’s largest mutual funds, investment advisers, pensions and endowments, and hedge funds.

Over the course of his career, Trennert has earned a reputation for being a keen and thoughtful market observer. His thorough analysis and humorous, often contrarian research pieces are read by top institutional investors and corporate executives across the globe. Widely quoted in the domestic and foreign press, he is a regular guest host on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene. He is the author of the popular investment book, New Markets, New Strategies, published in 2005 by McGraw Hill.

Prior to founding Strategas, Trennert was the chief investment strategist and a senior managing director at International Strategy & Investment (ISI) Group where he built and oversaw two of that firm’s most visible and impactful research efforts, its company surveys, and investment strategy groups.

Trennert is the treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees for La Scuola d’Italia, the country’s only K-12 bilingual school where children are instructed in both Italian and English. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to fostering an appreciation of Italian-American heritage and providing scholarships to underprivileged students.

He has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and B.S. in international economics from Georgetown University.