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Who is Erik Townsend?
Erik Townsend is a former software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager at Fourth Turning Capital Management. Erik Townsend is also a FinancialSense Newshour Foreign Correspondent and Futures Market Commentator. He is the host of the podcast Macro Voices. He previously worked as a Private Investor and futures trader at large for 14 years and four months.
Early Life and Childhood
Erik Townsend was born in one of the United States’ states. Townsend is around 50 years old, but his exact birthday and year of birth are unknown.
Townsend is a secretive person by nature, and he has kept his family’s (parents and/or siblings) whereabouts hidden from the public eye.
Education Details
Erik Townsend’s educational background is unavailable.
Professional Career
In 1983, Townsend began working as a professional software engineer in Service Oriented Architecture. Townsend was a consultant at the now-defunct Digital Equipment Corp.
He left the company after 8 years to become the Founder and CEO of Ciber and The Cushing Group. He used his technology ideas to “solve real business problems for real customers”.
Wells Fargo Bank was their first high-profile client, and they continue to use the business object servers developed in 1993. In addition, he sold the company in 1998.
Townsend later became the general manager of business object servers. From September 1998 to December 2012, he worked.
He currently works at FinancialSense Newshour as a Foreign Correspondent and Futures Market Commentator.
In the first hour of the weekly show, he writes a weekly commentary on the futures market. He has also covered the European sovereign debt crisis as a Foreign Correspondent.
In addition, since January 2013, he has served as the Hedge Fund Manager at Fourth Turning Capital Management.
He is the host of the podcast Macro Voices. The podcast features a weekly market commentary in which he interviews some of the brightest minds in finance and macroeconomics.
Furthermore, as of March 17, 2022, the podcast had 301 episodes.
Net Worth and Salary
Erik Townsend is worth $10 million.
Relationship Status
Erik Townsend has kept his marital status private.
As a result, there are no reports of him being married, engaged, or dating. We will provide updated information about Townsend’s marital status.
Body Measurements
He stands taller than average. Townsend is 5 feet 8 inches tall (Approx 1.77 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @erikstownsend.
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Trivia
- Townsend is a former software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager at Fourth Turning Capital Management in the United States.
- He is also a FinancialSense Newshour Foreign Correspondent and Futures Market Commentator. He is the host of the podcast Macro Voices.
- He previously worked as a Private Investor and futures trader at large for 14 years and four months.
- Despite his celebrity as a former software engineer, Townsend has kept his marital status private.
- Townsend is 5 feet 8 inches tall (Approx 1.77 m).
