Max Keiser
Founder of El Zonte Capital
El Salvador
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2021 - Current
"Keiser Report"
2009 - 2022
Founder
2013 - 2020
Co-Founder
2013 - 2018
CEO, Co-founder, HSX.com
1995 - 2000
+ Designed, scoped, and built V.1 of Hollywood Stock Exchange incorporating the 'Keiser Patent' (pat. no. 5950176: 1996) Virtual Specialist, continuous double-auction (CDA) technology. The only patented technology for virtual currencies, virtual securities and virtual market-making. + Filed a patent application for 'crowdfunding' in 2,000. + Designed, Scoped, and Built the Beta version of the Hollywood Stock Exchange; managed technology team; Perl, C+ + Wrote first draft of patent application for the Virtual Specialist technology + Raised $500,000 seed money + Changed name of company to HSX Holdings; the holding company for Hollywood Stock Exchange and HSX Films + Managed team of 6 programmers at Cambridge Technology Partners in Los Angeles. + Raised initial $40 mn. VC capital + Oversaw marketing campaign attracting first 500,000 users + Created virtual securities; MovieStocks, and StarBonds. + Created first fully convertible virtual currency, the Hollywood Dollar. + Created anthropomorphic bots: the Hollywood Reserve Bank (Dr. Zeros), the Hollywood Investment Bank (Mac Daddy) and the Hollywood Broker (Max Broker); to create a virtual, infinitely scalable virtual economy.
Account Executive
1986 - 1990
Oppenheimer & Co. provides a full range of investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management services.
Account Executive
1983 - 1986
Education
BA
1979 - 1983