Summary
Steven Zoernack is a seasoned entrepreneur and former Wall Street hedge fund manager with over three decades of experience in stock index arbitrage, fund launches, and large-balance commercial real estate finance. He founded multiple NY international investment funds and a commercial real estate finance firm that originated loans sold into CMBS, and more recently developed a hybrid passive/active, computer-driven index strategy that backtested to remarkably consistent multi-decade returns. As founder of EquityStar and inventor of the Investor Held Account (IHA), he blends institutional-grade product design with investor-controlled transparency to mitigate fraud and preserve client accounting control. Based in Sarasota, Florida, he now focuses on financing, development and asset management of income-producing commercial and multifamily real estate globally while advising through senior roles at ReputationBoss and CapitalBoss. His career includes a public regulatory episode with the SEC that he cooperatively resolved, after which he ceased accepting U.S. investor funds—a decision that shapes his current international focus. Known for valuing intelligence, wit and paradoxical thinking, he combines quantitative rigor with entrepreneurial creativity.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at Fordham University
School of Engineering, School of Engineering at Boston University