My degree is in Philosophy and Psychology - I failed miserably in economics - have no formal training in computer science, and was strongly dissatisfied with what passed for informed opinion in the brokerage business.

The result of going out on my own was that I had to actually work for a living. At an age when most people are on the fast-track up the corporate ladder, I was steeped in revisiting all my old high-school math books, learning things I'd never considered looking at before, and up to my clavicles in almost every book on every computer language I could lay my hands on.

As the years passed, and trading programs were honed until they were useful, i.e., not abandoned, my new found interests in mathematics and physics began to take up my programming time. Chaos theory, fractal models, complex systems and a lifelong interest in medicine opened me up to new circles of practical knowledge, new people, and a sense that, rather than being too scattered, I was actually seeing only one thing almost everywhere I looked.

These similarities in complex systems, financial, medical, meteorological, seismic - you name it - began to coalesce as the core of my life.

The plan thus became to use the trading operations to finance other projects, in conjunction with other companies, other disciplines, other people. Venture capital in my country is hard to come by unless you are opening a fast food store or an electronics outlet.

With my family and music, another passion, my fascination with chaos and complexity has driven my life for the last twenty years, and only now am I catching a glimpse of what lies ahead.

So far, so good.

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