Ron Henley

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Ronald Watson "Ron" Henley (born December 5, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster,[1] writer, narrator and producer of chess videos,[2] as well as financial funding trader.[3]

American Stock Exchange

As President of RWH Advisors, Henley acts as Special Consultant to Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices.[4]

From 1985 through 2001, Henley was an American Stock Exchange Member, as a trader, market maker and specialist.[5] Henley traded extensively in Phillip Morris, Wells Fargo and Teva Pharmaceutical. From 2001 to 2005, Henley was a founding partner and Head Trader of a statistical arbitrage family of hedge funds, with clients such as Bank of America, Gottex Fund of Funds and Aegon USA Insurance Company.[6] Henley went into business consulting where he joined the Board of Directors of several private companies including Quantum Genomics.[7] Henley is currently a member of the financial trading industry as well as preeminent chess scholar.[8]

Chess titles

Henley was awarded the International Master title in 1980, and the Grandmaster title in 1982.[9] He won the GM title by jointly winning a 26-player round-robin tournament in Surakarta, Denpasar, Indonesia,[10] defeating Grandmaster Tony Miles in the last round.[11]

Henley has been a second, analyst and trainer for former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov in several matches in the 1990s.[12][13] Henley has written several chess books, and also served as a chess trainer and promoter of leading young women chess players such as Irina Krush.[14]

Henley narrated the double-volume chess video, "American Chess Princesses".[15] In this video, Irina Krush, Elina Groberman, Laura Ross and Shirley Ben-Dak present some of their best games from the 1997 FIDE World Youth Chess Championships held in Cannes, France.[16]In the late 1990s Henley founded the site www.ChessSuperstore.com, which sponsored Irina Krush and Hikaru Nakamura. He was appointed by Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov as President of the World Chess Champions Council Inc, a New York nonprofit organization that promotes chess in schools.[17]

In 2012, Henley was invited to join National Master William Stewart for the educational website 'OnlineChessLessons'. Henley provides skills as a chess analyst to upload content to the website.[18] Henley remains a prominent figure in the chess world, covering the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.[19]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Ron Henley player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  2. ↑ American Chess Princesses! on DVD
  3. ↑ Mass Mutual Financial Group
  4. ↑ 2013 RWH Advisors Company Info
  5. ↑ Quantum Genomics - Ron W Henley Bio
  6. ↑ Zoominfo Investor Profile: Ron W Henley
  7. ↑ Quantum Genomics - Ron W Henley Bio
  8. ↑ Mass Mutual Financial Group
  9. ↑ Ron Henley rating card at FIDE
  10. ↑ Surakarta/Denpasar, 1982
  11. ↑ 365Chess.com Tournament Results
  12. ↑ Elista Diaries, by Anatoly Karpov & Ron Henley
  13. ↑ www.anusha.com Book Review
  14. ↑ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  15. ↑ American Chess Princesses! on DVD
  16. ↑ Win Like Kasparov Biography
  17. ↑ Grandmaster Ron W Henley
  18. ↑ Ron Henley Joins ChessLessons.net
  19. ↑ 2012 Chess Olympiad Coverage

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