Investment Professionals

Derek Pilecki, CFA
Managing Member and Portfolio Manager
derek.pilecki@gatorcapital.com
(813) 282-7870

In 2008, Derek Pilecki founded Gator Capital Management. At Gator, Derek has the ultimate responsibility for all investment decisions. He manages a long-short hedge fund focused on the financial services sector and three traditional long-only portfolios.

From 2002 through 2008, Derek was a co-Chair of the Investment Committee and a Portfolio Manager for Goldman Sach’s Growth Equity Team, where he helped to manage $30 billion in high quality growth stocks.

Derek was also a member of the portfolio management team responsible for the Goldman Sachs Capital Growth Fund, and provided primary coverage of the financial sector for the Growth Team.

Prior to Goldman, Derek was an Analyst at Clover Capital Management in Rochester, New York and Burridge Growth Partners (now part of Essex Investments) in Chicago, Illinois. Before entering graduate school, Derek worked at Fannie Mae providing risk analysis for the company’s mortgage investment portfolio.

Derek holds an MBA with honors in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Duke University.

William Dean
Director of Sales
william.dean@gatorcapital.com
(847) 814-1632

Bill is Director of Sales for Gator Capital Management.  He is responsible for client development and client servicing. 

Prior to joining Gator, Bill was a Regional Manager with Managers Investment Group focused on providing financial advisors in the southeast with timely information about the firm's investment products.  Bill also spent 10 years as a market-maker and clerk on the floor of the CBOE and CME. 

Bill holds a BA in Business Administration from St. Norbert College.