Marat Molyboga

Chief Risk Officer & Director of Research
Marat Molyboga portrait in business attire

Dr. Molyboga is the Chief Risk Officer and Director of Research at Efficient and helps shape strategic priorities as a member of the Executive Team.


He began his career at Efficient in 2001 as a Research Analyst. From 2002, he consulted for Petra Intraday Trading Systems as the Senior Researcher and served as its president from 2004. He left Petra in 2006 and joined the Research Department at Efficient as a Senior Research Analyst.

His expertise is in hedge fund performance evaluation and portfolio construction, specializing in practical applications of rigorous academic research. Dr. Molyboga's work has been widely published in academic journals. He co-authored the book “Your Essential Guide to Quantitative Hedge Fund Investing.” He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, where he teaches empirical finance techniques to Ph.D. students.

Dr. Molyboga is a Financial Risk Manager designee (FRM), a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA), and holds a Series 3 license. He graduated with high honors from Moscow State University with a Masters in Financial Mathematics. He also graduated with honors from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business with an MBA in Finance, Economics, and Strategic Management. He earned a PhD in Finance from EDHEC Business School.