Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, On Reading the Signs of Change, Being American Today, Blockchain Transparency, "Helicopter Ben" and His Love of Electronic Dance Music

Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, is an innovator. entrepreneur and podcast enthusiast with firsthand knowledge of today’s markets and the complex web of information that investors encounter on a daily basis. Furthering VanEck’s mission to anticipate asset classes and trends, Mr. van Eck has created strategic beta, tactical allocation, emerging markets, and commodity-related investment strategies in mutual fund, ETF, and institutional formats. Mr. van Eck founded the Firm’s ETF business in 2006. One of the world’s largest ETF sponsors, the Firm offers ETFs, branded VanEck, globally across equity and fixed income asset classes. Mr. van Eck holds a JD from Stanford University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College with a major in Economics. He has registrations with the National Futures Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Mr. van Eck is a Director of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He routinely appears on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and was a 2013 Finalist for Institutional Investor's Fund Leader of the Year and a 2019 finalist for ETF.com’s Lifetime Achievement Award. On this episode of Outside In, Jan talks with Jon about reading the signs of change, being American today, blockchain transparency, "Helicopter Ben" and his love of electronic dance music.