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JUAN CARLOS HERRERA
Born and raised in Houston, Juan Carlos is the youngest of three siblings
to parents of Mexican descent. After graduating from The University of
Texas at Austin, he spent a year in Madrid working for a consulting firm
before coming back to the States and becoming a private banker at Citi,
where he helped manage over $1 billion in assets over the three years he
was there. In 2008, he joined forces with lifelong friend Alejandro Diego
to form QL Capital Management. Four years later, they merged with
Roberto Contreras’ St.Christopher Holdings, where he helped restructure
their assets, leading to the creation of QUANTOR CAPITAL. Today, he helps
oversee the assets of three families: Roberto Contreras, Rick Perez and
Charlie Chanaratsopon (of Charming Charlie’s).
Outside of work, Juan Carlos enjoys tennis, road cycling and all things film.
He owns a bunch of Canon cameras and even has his own Vimeo page,
where he uploads some of his work. In January, Juan Carlos is marrying his
longtime girlfriend and fiancée, Hanna Perez, a well-known rock star from
México, who is one part of the duo known as Ha*ash.

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If there’s one thing Juan Carlos is passionate about, it’s helping millennials
push past the barrier of entry into investing. In January of this year, he came
up with an idea: “What if we can create a service for millennials that could
give them access to the same asset allocation portfolios that wealthy families are invested in, but by using technology at a click of a button? How
can someone with less money begin investing without having to deal with
the complicated ins and outs of it all? In other words, how can it be done
cheaper, and how can it be done more simply?”
“We want a way for the new generation to see their money easily, but let
the people do the work behind the scenes,” says Juan Carlos. Q.core, the
encapsulation of his idea, is a tool that lets millennials keep tabs on their
money.
Juan Carlos hopes to push forward in helping a younger generation, and
his passion helps guide the way.