About the Author
Richard Wilson is a hedge fund consultant, capital raiser, and adviser who has directly raised over $230 million. Mr. Wilson runs the 35,000-member Hedge Fund Group, which runs the Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation Program. He also runs the number one most popular web site on hedge funds, HedgeFundBlogger.com. Often speaking at conferences in locations such as New York, Brussels, Moscow, and São Paulo, Richard's firm helps hedge fund managers raise more capital and train hedge fund employees on hedge fund fundamentals.
Mr. Wilson's education includes a bachelor's degree in business administration with special projects in systems thinking, an MBA in marketing, and training coursework at Harvard University ALM Program on the psychology of influence and persuasion. In addition to this text, Richard Wilson published Rainmaker and the Hedge Fund Blog Book in 2008, a popular e-book on hedge funds which has been downloaded over 100,000 times.
