Jerry Ralph Parker

Chesapeake Capital Corp. (Chesapeake) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The firm was founded by Jerry Parker in 1988 and is a subsidiary of Chesapeake Holding Co., ultimately owned by Sonoco Products Co. (NYSE: SON). Chesapeake provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to a US privately offered investment fund sponsored by Chesapeake as well as to a publicly-offered mutual fund and to a separately managed account (an SMA) held by a fund-of-funds.