Grant Williams

Much to his chagrin, Grant Williams has reached 30 years in finance. He began his career in the Japanese equity market in the mid-1980s and a three-year posting to Tokyo ensured he had a ringside seat for the madness that occurred in Japan as equities and real estate bubbles burst simultaneously and spectacularly at the end of 1989.

He has also held senior positions at a number of investment banks and brokers, including Robert Fleming, UBS, Banc of America, and Credit Suisse in locations as diverse as London, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore. From humble beginnings as a daily note to a few friends and colleagues in 2009, Things That Make You Go Hmmm… has grown to become one of the most popular and widely read financial publications in the world.

He is also one of the founders of Real Vision Television—an online, on-demand finance channel featuring in-depth interviews with the brightest minds in finance. A regular speaker at investment conferences across the globe, Grant blends history and humor with keen financial insight to produce unique presentations which have been enthusiastically received by audiences wherever he has traveled. Grant is portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore, which aims to replicate the prudence and capital growth of the most successful investors and partnerships of the 19th century, while deploying the sophisticated technology and investment management practices of the 21st century.