Who We Are

Built for Real Investing

White Mane Group is built around output: pitches, research memos, quarterly insights, portfolio tracking & technical publications.

Purpose

Beyond Classroom Finance

WMG gives students a structure to practice investment judgment before college through sector ownership, analyst accountability, formal review & public research standards. Independent, student-run and built to compound skill over time.

Executive Leadership

Ved Patil

Ved Patil

Co-Founder & CEO
Student at Chantilly High School (Northern Virginia) with interests in investment management and statistics. His experience spans institutional investing and investment research, and he conducts research with faculty at a top technology-focused university, using statistical simulations to evaluate and develop ML models.
Kethan Salla

Kethan Salla

Co-Founder & CEO
Student at Westfield High School (Northern Virginia) with interests in applied mathematics and economics. He leads research on fixed-point theorems with tenured Ivy League professors, bridging mathematical theory with real-world decision-making, and plans to enroll in Real Analysis.
Ayush Ranjan

Ayush Ranjan

CTO & Lead Quant
Student at Oakton High School (Northern Virginia) with interests in quantitative finance, trading, and applied research. He conducts research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, evaluating the effects of interest-rate movements on bond portfolios using stochastic models.
Kenneth Yue

Kenneth Yue

CFO
Student at Troy Magnet School (Southern California) with interests in investment banking and risk management. He evaluates multi-asset allocation strategies with the CSUF School of Risk Management and Insurance, conducts investment research with Pacific Life, and partakes in public policy research at Harvard.

Industry Advisors

Vivek Ranjan

Vivek Ranjan

Industry Advisor
Head of Model Risk Management at the International Finance Corporation; former Head of Model Risk Management at the World Bank and Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, where he led model validation across complex derivatives and structured products. 15+ years in quantitative finance; PhD in Financial Mathematics and Economics from Indiana University Bloomington.
Derek Horstmeyer

Derek Horstmeyer

Industry Advisor
Professor of Finance at George Mason University's Costello College of Business, where he co-founded and directs the Montano Student Managed Investment Fund (about $500,000 in endowment capital). His research focuses on corporate finance and he contributes to The Wall Street Journal. MS in Financial Mathematics from Stanford; BS in Mathematics (Economics) from the University of Chicago.

Risk Advisory Board

Saumil Tripathi

Saumil Tripathi

Risk Advisor
Kenneth Yue

Kenneth Yue

Risk Advisor
Directory

Sector Heads & Analysts

Technology & Communications

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Consumer & Healthcare

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Financials & Real Estate

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Industrials, Energy & Materials

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Quant Research

Quant LeadAyush Ranjan
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