Ted Werthman

Managing Director, Investment Strategy

Ted is a Managing Director of Investment Strategy for Cresset. As a senior member of the Investment team, he focuses on sourcing and vetting investment managers across multiple asset classes including equities, private equity, venture capital, distressed securities, and private credit. In addition, Ted overseas hedge fund efforts for the firm.

Ted began his investing career in 1993 and possesses nearly three decades of experience investing in marketable and non-marketable alternatives. Prior to Cresset, Ted served as Vice President, Investments at Berman Capital Advisors. Before Berman, he was Investment Director at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc., where he was a senior member of the team managing the hospital’s $4.8 billion endowment. Prior to joining Children’s, Ted spent six years as Senior Portfolio Manager at Barlow Partners Inc., a New York-based, institutionally focused, long/short fund of funds that managed $2 billion at its peak. From 2000-2009, Ted was founder and CIO of Global Strategies Investment Management, a fund of hedge funds focusing on absolute-return strategies.

Ted graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and has spent his career alternating between Atlanta and New York City. In 2015, Ted moved back to Atlanta, where he lives with his wife and three children.