generic speaker image
Glenn Laken - CMG Holdings. Chicago, IL, US

Glenn Laken

CMG Holdings

Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES

Glenn Laken CEO

Social

Biography

Glenn started in the financial industry in 1979 began on the floor of the NYFE. From there he became a partner at Conklin Cahill a NY stock exchange specialist firm, he spent 5 years there and had a commodity trading division that became very successful. From there Glenn went on to work for a legend in the business John Mulhearn of Jamie Securities a hedge fund with almost a billion dollars under management in 1984. Mr. Laken was the head commodity trader for the fund. In 1985 Mr. Laken moved to Chicago he set up a very large floor brokerage operation on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. and shortly after he was approached by a Saudi investor to start a clearing firm. Under Mr. Laken’s guidance the firm had over 600 floor traders and 100 offices around the country. After almost 3 years Mr. Laken sold his share of the firm and went back to trading for himself. For the next decade Mr. Laken advised many companies and strategies for beating the markets.

In 1999 Mr. Laken purchased the fabled Cigarette Racing Team boat company which had fallen on hard times, in a 3 year turn around play a purchase for 6.25 million was turned into a almost 22 million dollar sale. Mr. Laken has been advising small public companies and startups for the last 5 years and is currently Chairman and CEO of CMG Holdings Inc.

Industry Expertise (1)

Investment Banking

Areas of Expertise (1)

Executive Consulting

Languages (1)

  • English