David Schneider

DAVID SCHNEIDER is an investment analyst, journalist, and wealth management expert. David is the founder of 8020investors.com, a website that covers topics on investment education, wealth management, entrepreneurship, and global financial markets. Since August 2019 David is the CEO & President of Hersey Shiga Global, a media investment group based in Tokyo, Japan. In his free time, David likes to hit (and get hit at) his local boxing gym or chase the F1 circuit around the world. Follow him @wooschneider.

Within the fast investment field, David specializes in the inconsistencies and psychological basis of the modern financial landscape. He acquired his insights through experiences in the field of investment research and asset management. David bought his first stock in 1994 at age 18. He subsequently trained as a commercial banker in Germany and studied finance in London and Tokyo. David's time in the world of finance includes stints as a research analyst for the buy- and sell-side.

In 2005, he co-founded two hedge funds with a Long/Short Equities strategy, working in Tokyo and Singapore.