James is the Founder, CEO, and Portfolio Manager of Thrasher Funds. He is also a contributing writer for TheStreet.com—an online guide to trading, investing and stock market analysis. Prior to starting Trasher Funds James was an analyst for ZBI Equities (Ziff Brother’s Investments), a private wealth management firm with a focus on the industrial, transportation, aerospace and defense sectors. Before working with ZBI, James worked for the CEO and CFO of Alliance Capital (now Alliance Bernstein) where he conducted competitor, equity market and mutual fund performance analyses. Here he also exampined investor sentiment and investor communications.

James co-founded Prism Investment Equity Partnership (PIEP), an investment partnership aimed at motivating young professionals in Manhattan to participate in equity markets. He also sits on the Junior Board of Directors for the East Harlem Tutorial Program.

James received a B.A. in Chemistry from Yale University. While at Yale, James founded Next Investors, an investment partnership designed to educate minority-represented communities (including youth and women) on the benefits of participating in the financial markets.