FOUNDER
Gus Udo
Gus is the Founder and CEO/CIO of 54 Projects, a multi-strategy alternative asset manager and technology platform. His 35+ year career spans emerging markets fixed income, structured products, and fintech innovation. He built the $7B+ supply-chain finance auction platform that redefined aviation supplier financing for Airbus SAS.
Gus oversees the management and operation of the firm’s funds, investment oversight, and platform strategy. He is also responsible for the development of CurateAI, the firm’s operating system for art finance, and Mazipan, its operating system for global digital infrastructure.
Gus began his career as a financial analyst at Shearson Lehman Brothers. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the London School of Economics and serves on the Governance & Leadership board at Harvard Law School’s Center for the Study of African Societies and Economies (CSASE).