Rail-Splitter Capital Management
John Souter began his career as a CPA with PriceWaterhouse before moving to the investment field in 1997 with William Blair & Company. John has a BA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business. He co-founded Rail-Splitter Capital Management in 2003. After 21 years of managing long/short and long only portfolios for institutions and high net worth clients, he recently converted Rail-Splitter from a hedge fund structure to individually managed accounts.
Mr. Atkeson is a principal of Delta Investment Management. Mr. Atkeson has over 25 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Delta Investment Management, Mr. Atkeson was a partnerand portfolio manager of Delta Force Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund and held senior positions at Banc of America Securities, ThinkEquity, and Susquehanna International Group. Mr. Atkeson is co‑author of “Win By Not Losing: A Disciplined Approach to Building and Protecting
Your Wealth in the Stock Market by Managing Your Risk” published by McGraw Hill. Mr. Atkeson graduated from Haverford College with a BA in Economics and from Stanford University Graduate School of Business with an MBA.
John Croghan, CFA is Chairman and a co-founder of Rail-Splitter Capital Management. Previously he was founder and Chairman of Lincoln Capital Management. He is a graduate of Loyola University and Harvard Business School and served in the Navy during the Korean War. He is a director of
Evanston Capital Management and advisor to Gore Creek Asset Management, and is a former director of Blockbuster
Entertainment, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Lindsay Manufacturing, Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds, Republic Services and St. Paul Bancorp. He is a member of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees and its investment committee. He is a member of the Chicago Archdiocese School Board and Finance Council and chair of the archdiocese investment committee.
Mr. Houghton is a principal of Delta Investment Management. Mr. Houghton has over 25 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Delta Investment Management, Mr. Houghton held
positions at Montgomery Securities, Banc of America Securities, Delta Force Capital, Think Equity, and Susquehanna. Mr. Houghton is co‑author of “Win By Not Losing: A Disciplined Approach to Building and Protecting Your Wealth in the Stock Market by Managing Your Risk“. Mr. Houghton has a BA in Economics from Boston University and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa.