GUY ADAMI
"Fast Money" Contributor


Guy Adami is the Managing Director, Drakon Capital, which delivers customized market analysis, portfolio strategy and idea generation for institutional money managers and hedge funds. Professional investor and noted media analyst, Adami also authors a weekly newsletter for retail investors entitled “Advantage Point” and contributes daily pre-market analysis and webcasts to optionMONSTER.com.

Before launching Drakon Capital, Adami served as executive director at CIBC World Markets in 2003 in their U.S. Equities division where he was the sector head in charge of the Industrial / Basic Material group.  In this role, he was a frequent contributor to many of the daytime shows on CNBC including guest hosting “Squawk Box.”  He is currently one of the ‘Fast Money Five’ on CNBC’s “Fast Money."

Prior to his current position, Adami worked for Goldman Sachs where he held several positions. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1996 as the head gold trader and one of the many proprietary traders within the Fixed Income Currency and Commodity division. In the spring of 2000, Adami joined the U.S. Equities division of Goldman Sachs where he was put in charge of their Industrial / Basic Material group.

Adami began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1986 and was quickly promoted to vice president and head gold trader at the firm where he cemented trading relationships with famed financiers Sir James Goldsmith and Kerry Packer. Adami also held similar positions at AIG International Inc.