Nigol Koulajian

Nigol Koulajian is the founder and CIO of Quest Partners, a NYC-based quantitative hedge fund with $1.4 billion in assets under management. Quest manages assets for some of the world’s largest pensions. Prior to starting Quest, Nigol was the head trader for Carmel Capital, a risk-arbitrage hedge fund and head of asset allocation at Weston Capital, a fund of hedge funds. He started his career with Andersen Consulting. Mr. Koulajian earned an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and a BS in electrical engineering from Notre Dame. He has been running a personal foundation dedicated to supporting the practices of yoga and meditation since 2002. He was on the board of the Omega Institute for four years.