Jeff Yass
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Jeffrey S. Yass is an options trader, managing director and one of the five founders of the Philadelphia-based Susquehanna International Group. In 2001 he was named one of 76 Revolutionary Minds by Philadelphia magazine and joined the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute.
He is married to Janine Yass, and has lived in Haverford in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania for some years.
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[edit] Philanthropy
Yass has served on the board of trustees of Save the Children since 1987 and has served on the board's Executive Committee and chaired its Marketing and Development Committee.
The Yass family has hosted numerous events of the greater Philadelphia area to introduce and advance the organization's work. He and his wife Janine are supporters at The People's Emergency Center Families First program and are also committee members and supporters of the Franklin Institute's Franklin Family Funfest Committee.
In December, 2001, following the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, he announced a donation to the charitable fund established by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to assist the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Yass also lends his coaching and mentoring skills as an Advisory Board Member at the Spirit of Golf Foundation (SGF).
[edit] Personal Quotes
"Poker and trading have a lot of similarities, such as making good decisions under pressure. It teaches you to deal with losing even when you make the right decision."[1]
[edit] References
Save the Children Presents Distinguished Service Awards to Trustees Jeffrey Yass. Trustees Saluted. Save the Children (April 10, 2001). Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
Board of Directors. Cato Institute (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
Segal, Geoffrey F., Samuel R. Staley. "News Notes", CATO Policy Report, Cato Institute, September/October 2002, pp. 13. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
Jordan, Sarah. "76 Revolutionary Minds", Philadelphia Magazine, November 2001. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
Franklin Family Funfest (PDF). 7th Annual Franklin Family Funfest. Franklin Institute (October 22, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
"Port authority establishes world trade center memorial fund to aid victims and their families", Port Authority of NY and NJ, September 29, 2001. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
SGF Advisory Board Members. Spirit of Golf Foundation (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
Families First Contributors. People's Emergency Center (PEC) (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
[edit] Further reading
Schwager, Jack D. (1995). The New Market Wizards. 13 pages: Wiley; New Ed edition. ISBN 0-471-13236-5.
