About Us

Our Approach

We provide traders with innovative ETFs that offer the potential to profit from various market conditions. Volatility Shares is a Registered Investment Adviser registered with the SEC and a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) registered with the NFA.

Our Team

Justin Young

Justin Young

Co-Founder, CEO

Justin Young

Justin Young

Co-Founder, CEO

Justin is a capital markets and structuring specialist with 15+ years’ experience developing and launching ETFs. Throughout his career at the NYSE, Global X ETFs, and Volatility Shares, Justin helped to develop, structure, and launch over 500 ETFs. Justin holds a Bachelors of Arts (BA) from Georgetown University.

Chang Kim, CFA

Chang Kim, CFA

COO, CCO

Chang Kim, CFA

Chang Kim, CFA

COO, CCO

Chang is a portfolio management and capital markets specialist with 12+ years’ experience in developing and managing ETFs. Prior to joining Volatility Shares, Chang was COO at Global X ETFs, where he helped propel the firm to be a major player in the ETF space. Chang holds a BA in Film Studies from Yale University and is a CFA charterholder.

Charles Lowery, CFA

Charles Lowery, CFA

CIO

Charles Lowery, CFA

Charles Lowery, CFA

CIO

Charles is a portfolio management and capital markets specialist with 16+ years' experience in launching and managing ETFs. Before joining Volatility Shares, he was Director of ETF Portfolio Management at Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC, where he helped establish their ETF sub-advisory business. He was also a portfolio manager at ProShares, responsible for the management of numerous leveraged and inverse ETFs and mutual funds benchmarked to various market indexes. Charles holds a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University and is a CFA charterholder.

Anand Desai

Anand Desai

Head of Portfolio Management

Anand Desai

Anand Desai

Head of Portfolio Management

Anand joined Vol Shares in 2024. Prior to joining the team, Anand was with Penserra Capital Management LLC from 2015, most recently serving as Director - Senior Portfolio Manager from 2022 to 2024. In his role, Anand developed custom solutions for sub-advisory clients seeking to launch multi-asset ETFs across multiple asset classes and markets, including portfolio construction, liquidity analysis, and market feasibility. Previous to that, Anand spent five years at State Street, most recently as an Officer - Client Operations Manager, overseeing the day to day asset servicing, trade processing and reconciliation, custody services, and NAV dissemination for over 100 commingled funds. Anand received his B.S. in Managerial Economics from University of California, Davis.

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Co-Founder, Board Member

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Co-Founder, Board Member

Stuart is a derivatives structuring and trading specialist with 20+ years’ experience managing derivatives portfolios. Stuart holds a PhD in Economic History from the University of Cambridge, an MBA from the University of Surrey, and an engineering degree from the University of Cape Town. Stuart is a CFA charterholder.