Ross has nearly three decades of experience in financial markets spanning investment strategy, capital formation, and derivatives trading, and has a proven track record building and scaling institutional investment businesses.

Prior to co-founding Magnetar, he was the President and Managing Partner of Glenwood Capital Investments, a fund of funds manager, where he served as co-head of the Management Committee and a member of the Investment Committee. During his tenure, Ross was responsible for hiring key team members and building Glenwood’s global distribution capabilities, helping to grow the firm from $100 million in 1995 to $2.7 billion in 2002 when he led its sale to Man Group. While at Glenwood, he also founded Marin Capital, a convertible arbitrage investment manager, which he built and grew to $2.7 billion.

Ross is a member of the International Monetary Market of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he began his career in 1985. While working at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he founded Paramount Financial Corp, a joint venture clearing service, which he sold to First Options/Spear, Leeds & Kellogg. He was also a board member of First Park Ridge Corp, a multi-bank holding company, where he was instrumental in leading its sale to First of America.

Ross is a founding board member of the Magnetar Foundation, the primary mission of which is to improve high school students’ access to financial education. He served as a member of the Investment Committee of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation from 2002 to 2014.

Ross earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan.