People: United States Oil Fund, LP (USO.P)

USO.P on NYSE Arca

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Gerber, Nicholas 46 2005 President, Chief Executive Officer, Management Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Mah, Howard 44 C.F.O, Chief Comp Officer, Secretary, Management Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Hyland, John 49 2006 Chief Investment Officer,Portfolio Manager of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Ngim, Andrew 48 2005 Treasurer, Management Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Love, John 37 Portfolio Operations Manager of Ameristock Corporation
Nguyen, Robert 49 2005 Management Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Robinson, Peter 51 2005 Independent Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Ellis, Gordon 62 2005 Independent Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
Fobes, Malcolm 44 2005 Independent Director of Victoria Bay Asset Management, LLC
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Biographies

Name Description
Gerber, Nicholas Mr. Nicholas Gerber has been the President and CEO of United States Oil Fund, LP and General Partner since June 9, 2005 and a Management Director of the General Partner since May 10, 2005. Mr. Gerber acts as a portfolio manager for USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG. Mr. Gerber will act as a portfolio manager for USHO and US12NG. He registered with the NFA as a Principal of the General Partner in November 2005, and as an Associated Person of the General Partner in December 2005. Currently, Mr. Gerber manages USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG. He will also manage USHO and US12NG. Mr. Gerber has also served as Vice President/Chief Investment Officer of Lyon’s Gate Reinsurance Company, Ltd. since June of 2003. Mr. Gerber has an extensive background in securities portfolio management and in developing investment funds that make use of indexing and futures contracts. He is also the founder of Ameristock Corporation, a California-based investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, that has been sponsoring and providing portfolio management services to mutual funds since 1995. Since 1995, Mr. Gerber has been the portfolio manager of the Ameristock Mutual Fund, Inc. a mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act, focused on large cap U.S. equities. Before joining Bank of America, he was managing director and founder of the Marc Stevens Futures Index Fund, a fund that combined the use of commodity futures with equity stock index futures. The futures index fund was a commodity pool and Mr. Gerber was the CPO. Mr. Gerber’s two decades of experience in institutional investment include a period of employment as a floor trader on the New York Futures Exchange. Mr. Gerber has passed the Series 3 examination for associated persons. He holds an MBA in finance from the University of San Francisco and a BA from Skidmore College.
Mah, Howard Mr. Howard Mah has been a Management Director of the General Partner since May 10, 2005, Secretary of the General Partner since June 9, 2005, and Chief Financial Officer of United States Oil Fund, LP and General Partner since May 23, 2006. In these roles, Mr. Mah is currently involved in the management of USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG and will be involved in the management of USHO and US12NG. Mr. Mah also serves as the General Partner’s Chief Compliance Officer. He received a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta, in 1986 and an MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1988. He has been Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of the Ameristock ETF Trust since February 2007, Compliance Officer of Ameristock Corporation since 2001, a tax & finance consultant in private practice since 1995, Secretary of Ameristock Mutual Fund since 1995 and Ameristock Focused Value Fund from December 2000 to January 2005, Chief Compliance Officer of Ameristock Mutual Fund since 2004 and the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Ameristock Focused Value Fund from December 2000 to January 2005.
Hyland, John Mr. John T. Hyland, CFA acts as a Portfolio Manager and as the Chief Investment Officer of United States Oil Fund, LP and for the General Partner. Mr. Hyland is employed by the General Partner. He registered with the NFA as an Associated Person of the General Partner in December 2005, and as a Principal of the General Partner in January 2006. Mr. Hyland became the Portfolio Manager for USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG in April 2006, March 2007, June 2007 and April 2007, respectively, and as Chief Investment Officer of the General Partner, acts in such capacity on behalf of USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG. He is also expected to become the Portfolio Manager for USHO and US12NG. As part of his responsibilities for USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG, Mr. Hyland handles day-to-day trading, helps set investment policies, and oversees USOF’s, USNG’s, US12OF's and USG's activities with its futures commission brokers, custodian-administrator, and marketing agent. From July 2001 to January 2002, Mr. Hyland was the Director of Global Property Securities Research for Roulac International, where he worked on the development of a hedge fund focused on global real estate stocks. From 1996 through 2001, Mr. Hyland was the Director of Securities Research and Portfolio Manager for the capital markets division of CB Richard Ellis, a global commercial real estate services firm. In the ten years prior to working at CB Richard Ellis, Mr. Hyland had worked as a portfolio manager or financial representative for several other investment firms and mutual funds. Mr. Hyland received his Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation in 1994. He served as the president of the SASF from 2001-2002. Mr. Hyland is a member of the CFA Institute (formerly AIMR). He serves as an arbitrator for FINRA, as part of their dispute resolution program. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and received a BA in political science/international relations in 1982.
Ngim, Andrew Mr. Andrew F. Ngim is Management Director, Treasurer of General Partner. He served as Management Director of the General Partner since May 10, 2005 and Treasurer of the General Partner since June 9, 2005. He has been listed with the CFTC as a Principal of the General Partner since November 29, 2005. As Treasurer of the General Partner, Mr. Ngim is currently involved in the management of USOF and the Related Public Funds and will be involved in the management of USSO and US12NG. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley in 1983. Mr. Ngim has been Ameristock Corporation’s Managing Director since January 1999 and co-portfolio manager of Ameristock Corporation since January 2000, Trustee of the Ameristock ETF Trust since February 2007, and served as a portfolio manager for the Ameristock/Ryan 1 Year, 2 Year, 5 Year, 10 Year and 20 Year Treasury ETF from June 2007 to June 2008 when such funds were liquidated.
Love, John Mr. John P. Love acts as the Portfolio Operations Manager for USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG and is expected to be the Portfolio Operations Manager for USHO and US12NG. Mr. Love is also employed by the General Partner. Mr. Love has served as the operations manager of Ameristock Corporation since 2002, where he was responsible for back office and marketing activities for the Ameristock Mutual Fund and Ameristock Focused Value Fund and for the firm in general. From 1993 to September 2002, Mr. Love was a project manager and managing director for IT and interactive media development firms, including TouchVision Interactive and Digital Boardwalk Inc. providing leadership to project teams from pre-contract through deployment, while assisting with business and process development. As the managing director of Jamison/Gold (Keane Interactive), he provided leadership to all departments including operations, production, technology, sales, marketing, administration, recruiting, and finance. Mr. Love holds a Series 3 license and is registered with the NFA as an Associated Person of the General Partner. He holds a BFA in cinema-television from the University of Southern California.
Nguyen, Robert Mr Robert L. Nguyen is Management Director of the General Partner since May 10, 2005. He has been listed with the CFTC as a Principal of the General Partner since November 29, 2005 and registered with the CFTC as an Associated Person on November 9, 2007. As a Management Director of the General Partner, Mr. Nguyen is currently involved in the management of USOF and the Related Public Funds and will be involved in the management of USSO and US12NG. He received a Bachelor of Science from California State University Sacramento in 1981. Mr. Nguyen has been the Managing Principal of Ameristock Corporation since January 2000.
Robinson, Peter Mr. Peter M. Robinson has been an Independent Director of United States Oil Fund, LP and the General Partner since September 30, 2005 and, as such, serves on the board of directors of the General Partner, which acts on behalf of USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG and will serve on behalf of US12NG and USHO, if such funds commence operations. Mr. Robinson has been employed as a Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution since 1993. Mr. Robinson graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979 and Oxford University in 1982. Mr. Robinson spent six years in the White House, serving from 1982 to 1983 as chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush and from 1983 to 1988 as special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. After the White House, Mr. Robinson received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Robinson then spent a year in New York City with Fox Television. He spent a second year in Washington, D.C., with the SEC, where he served as the director of the Office of Public Affairs, Policy Evaluation, and Research. Mr. Robinson has also written three books and has been published in the New York Times, Red Herring, and Forbes ASAP and he is the editor of Can Congress Be Fixed?: Five Essays on Congressional Reform (Hoover Institution Press, 1995).
Ellis, Gordon Mr. Gordon L. Ellis has been an Independent Director of United States Oil Fund, LP and the General Partner since September 30, 2005 and, as such, serves on the board of directors of the General Partner, which acts on behalf of USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG and will serve on behalf of US12NG and USHO, if such funds commence operations. Mr. Ellis has been Chairman of International Absorbents, Inc. since July 1988, President and Chief Executive Officer since November 1996 and a Class I Director of the company since July 1985. Mr. Ellis is also a director of Absorption Corp., International Absorbents, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Mr. Ellis is a director/trustee of Polymer Solutions, Inc., a former publicly-held company that sold all of its assets effective as of February 3, 2004 and is currently winding down its operations and liquidating following such sale. Mr. Ellis is a professional engineer with an MBA in international finance.
Fobes, Malcolm Malcolm R. Fobes III has been an Independent Director of United States Oil Fund, LP and the General Partner since September 30, 2005 and, as such, serves on the board of directors of the General Partner, which acts on behalf of USOF, USNG, US12OF and USG and will serve on behalf of US12NG and USHO, if such funds commence operations. Mr. Fobes is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Capital Holdings, Inc., a California-based investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, that has been sponsoring and providing portfolio management services to mutual funds since 1997. Since 1997, Mr. Fobes has been the Chairman and President of The Berkshire Funds, a mutual fund investment company registered under the 1940 Act. Mr. Fobes also serves as portfolio manager of the Berkshire Focus Fund, a mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act, which concentrates its investments in the electronic technology industry. From April 2000 to July 2006, Mr. Fobes also served as co-portfolio manager of The Wireless Fund, a mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act, which concentrates its investments in companies engaged in the development, production, or distribution of wireless-related products or services. In these roles, Mr. Fobes has gained extensive experience in evaluating and retaining third-party service providers, including custodians, accountants, transfer agents, and distributors. Mr. Fobes was also contributing editor of Start a Successful Mutual Fund: The Step-by-Step Reference Guide to Make It Happen (JV Books, 1995). Prior to forming Berkshire Capital Holdings, Inc., Mr. Fobes was employed by various technology-related companies, including Adobe Systems, Inc., a Provider of digital publishing and imaging software technologies. Mr. Fobes holds a B.S. degree in Finance and Economics from San Jose State University in California.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Gerber, Nicholas --
Mah, Howard --
Hyland, John --
Ngim, Andrew --
Love, John --
Nguyen, Robert --
Robinson, Peter --
Ellis, Gordon --
Fobes, Malcolm --
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Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Gerber, Nicholas 0 0
Mah, Howard 0 0
Hyland, John 0 0
Ngim, Andrew 0 0
Love, John 0 0
Nguyen, Robert 0 0
Robinson, Peter 0 0
Ellis, Gordon 0 0
Fobes, Malcolm 0 0

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