Jeffrey Silverman

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Biography

Mr. Jeffrey Silverman is a Co-Founder of Agman Partners. In the more than 45 years since graduating from MIT with a degree in Management, he has applied value-investing principles to interests in commodity futures, real estate, and private equity. Opportunities created by the recent financial crisis have focused his activities on the acquisition, development, and management of an international real estate portfolio, as well as on operating businesses that leverage his expertise in interest rates and risk management. He applies the same intensity and creative synthesis that made him successful as an investor to his civic and philanthropic pursuits. He currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Israel's premier think tank, the Institute for National Securities Studies (INSS). He recently joined the Advisory Committee for MIT's Center for International Studies and is a member of both the Political Science and Economics Visiting Committees at MIT. He is especially proud of his support for both an international competition envisioning peace The Jerusalem 2050 Project, and an effort he spearheaded to enhance global energy savings through the Silverman Evergreen Energy Fund. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of the CME (Nasdaq: CME) as a popularly elected Director from the Exchange Community and also chaired various committees, including Technology Oversight and Strategic Planning. For his many contributions to Israel and the Friends of the IDF, he was recognized as the Chicago FIDF "Man-of-the-Year" with the 2009 Binyamin Netanyahu Award.