Chief Strategist - Mauldin Economics

Worth W. Wray is the Chief Strategist to John Mauldin and a contributor to Mauldin Economics. In addition to assisting John with global economic research, Worth is charged with translating John’s macro views into long-term themes and a general investment framework capable of participating in the global markets, profiting from creative destruction, and protecting against loss in periods of profound market stress.

As the former Portfolio Strategist at a Texas-based alternative investment firm with over $18 billion under management, Worth has spent years working with leading investors from the endowment and pension world to deliver innovative investment solutions to Financial Advisors and their clients.

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Worth earned his undergraduate degree in Economics with a minor in Modern Chinese Commerce and Culture from Louisiana State University and completed the Mandarin Chinese Short Term Programme at Fudan University in Shanghai, The People’s Republic of China.

Worth is also the co-founder of Firestarter, a non-profit with a modern approach to charitable giving and 21^st century vision for development in some of the world’s most dysfunctional economies.

Worth lives in Houston and is engaged to his south Texas sweetheart, Adrienne.