Tejas Shah
CEO at NYDIG
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Tejas Shah is the CEO of NYDIG. Prior to joining NYDIG, Tejas worked at Two Sigma, where he focused on systematic options trading. Before that, Tejas spent nearly 20 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner and Co-Head of Equity Derivatives Trading for the Americas. He holds a dual BS in Physics and Economics from the University of Michigan.
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