Aaron H. Braun is the CEO of Willow Creek Capital Management.

Aaron H. Braun is the CEO of Willow Creek Capital Management, a privately owned hedge fund sponsor that finances the public equity markets across the United States. He founded Willow Creek Capital Management, a California-based S-Corp in 1994. Aaron H. Braun has been the sole shareholder of WCCM and all related entities, at all times since inception. He remains involved in all higher-level strategic decisions affecting the investment management businesses of the Willow Creek Capital Management. ...

Aaron H. Braun is the CEO of Willow Creek Capital Management, a privately owned hedge fund sponsor that finances the public equity markets across the United States. He founded Willow Creek Capital Management, a California-based S-Corp in 1994. Aaron H. Braun has been the sole shareholder of WCCM and all related entities, at all times since inception. He remains involved in all higher-level strategic decisions affecting the investment management businesses of the Willow Creek Capital Management. Aaron H. Braun graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982. He began investing in the mid-1970’s while he was still a student. After graduating he started working in the investment management arena, first in Silicon Valley (1982-84), and then as a “sell side” analyst at Robertson, Colman & Stephens (1984-87). Aaron H. Braun was next employed by Hambrecht & Quist Equity Management from 1989 to 1992, where he was responsible for launching two funds. From 1992 to 1995, he provided independent research to a number of hedge funds. "We are so against the consensus in so many areas, I am more excited than worried at this point," Aaron H. Braun wrote, adding that despite two months of losses, he maintains his bearish stance. Braun, a vociferous critic of central bank policy, cited this evidence for potential future problems: Willow Creek Capital Management most-bet-worthy stocks rose nearly 30 percent in two months, according to Braun. The correlation between this event and a market correction within six weeks is over 80 percent, the hedge fund manager said in his May letter. Braun has earned money every month this year. "The last five years of quantitative easing have pushed up all assets and strategies, rewarding investors for not being active and for buying everything from resets," Braun said. "This approach will be challenged this year."