The head portfolio manager, Corey S. Ribotsky, has been a successful investor in public companies since 1992. He was educated entirely in the New York area, with a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and received his M.B.A. in Finance and Operations from the Leonard N. Stern Graduate School of Business of New York University. In addition he attended the Brooklyn Law School.

The Managing Director of the N.I.R. Group is Howard Tanney who has  almost three decades of experience investing in financial markets, especially the energy sector, to the firm. In addition Mr. Tanney brings operational experience to the N.I.R. Group, as he was an executive board member or the New York Mercantile Exchange.  Howard has a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a concentration on Accounting from Baruch College, City University of New York, and an M.B.A. in Finance from St. John’s University, and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

Yoel Goldfeder is the General Counsel of the NIR Group. His specialty is private investments in public equities transactions, (known as PIPES), as well as reverse mergers. Mr. Goldfeder received his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and received the prestigious CALI award for course work in “Negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions.” He has a B.A. in accounting and a B.S. in political science from Brooklyn College. He is also an adjunct professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Corey S. Ribotsky heads The NIR Group, LLC, as Managing Member and Head Portfolio Manager. The NIR Group is an Alternative Asset Management Firm that has successfully launched and continues to manage The NIR Group Family of Funds. Prior to joining NIR, Ribotsky was a member of the investment management firm, The Rainmaker Group, LLC.

Ribotsky graduated with a BA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, also attending The New York University, Leonard N. Stern Graduate School of Business where he received an MBA in Finance and Operations, and also Brooklyn Law School.