Former “Miss USA“ and First Runner-up in the “Miss Universe” pageant, Julie Hayek graduated from UCLA with a BS in Biology and a minor in Psychology. She is a professionally trained actress who has guest starred and co-starred in dozens of television shows as well as many feature films.

According to a recent article in Shape magazine, “Julie Hayek looked so amazing in a bikini, she scored the highest swimsuit scores during both the Miss USA and Miss Universe competitions, and by the looks of her current photos, not much has changed.“

Julie was in the midst of writing a book on health and fitness to help inspire and empower women to be healthy, fit, strong, and independent when her writing plans were interrupted by her true passion, Finance. Returning back to her roots of math and science, she moved to New York to pursue her career in Finance and earned her Series 7 degree. She loves the fast pace of trading equities and was one of the first investors in AI. Her nickname over the years became “Miss Nvidia“ because she could not stop talking about her favorite company and the potential future she saw in AI. (Hopefully her friends listened and followed her advice.)

Julie now resides in Palm Beach and enjoys, giving back by volunteering with a variety of animal charities … And possibly looking for her next investment opportunity.