Personal Profile

Gabriel Olasa

Finance-Focused Student Building Experience in Markets, Business, and Leadership

Chicagoland, Illinois York Community High School Class of 2029 Age 15

A Chicagoland-area high school student focused on finance, economics, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

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Gabriel Olasa

Chicagoland, Illinois

School
York Community High School
Class Year
Class of 2029
Age
15
GPA
5.1 Weighted | 4.0 Unweighted GPA
Standing
High Honor Roll
FinanceMarketsBusinessEconomics

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Finance & Markets

Equities, ETFs, valuation, and how market information shapes decisions.

Business & Economics

How businesses operate and how economic forces shape outcomes.

Leadership

Taking initiative and following through within teams and organizations.

Technology Projects

Building practical tools and websites that solve real problems.

Varsity Athletics

A freshman varsity wrestling starter balancing competition with academics.

Current Focus

Strengthening research discipline and early professional experience.

About

About Gabriel

A look at how Gabriel's interests in finance, business, and leadership connect to the work he's building.

Gabriel is building early experience across markets, business, leadership, and technology — through investment research, community leadership, and independent projects.

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Track Record

Featured Experience

Founder and President

EIAA Junior Board

Leadership

Founded and leads the EIAA Junior Board, a youth initiative focused on community connection, events, service, and fundraising.

  • Founded and currently leads a youth board initiative within the Elmhurst Indian American Association, establishing its structure and programming.
  • Helped support youth-led fundraising and community initiatives that raised more than $6,000.
  • Organizes meetings and age-based social and service programming.

Investment Team Member

Junior Economic Club of Chicago

Finance & Economics

Researches companies and develops investment pitches across market sectors with an economics-focused student team.

  • Researches companies and sectors to support investment pitch development.
  • Builds experience in financial reasoning, business analysis, and presentation.
  • Collaborates with peers in an economics and investing-focused environment.

Selected Work

Selected Projects

Algorithmic Trading Research System

Ongoing

Finance & Technology

A Python-based algorithmic trading research and paper-trading system for evaluating systematic equity and ETF strategies — built as a research and validation tool, not a guaranteed trading product. Includes market scanning, signal generation, risk controls, Monte Carlo and risk analysis, and performance dashboards, with research-only safeguards and no live-capital trading.

PythonPaper-Trading & ValidationMonte Carlo & Risk AnalysisSignal ResearchDashboards

Demonstrates

Ability to design, build, and rigorously validate a safeguarded research system rather than claim guaranteed trading performance.

Investment Analysis Article

Published Through Mentor

Finance & Writing

A newsletter-style investment analysis written through Han Insights and published through a mentor's LinkedIn page — Gabriel does not personally manage a LinkedIn account.

Financial WritingMarket ResearchNewsletter-Style Analysis

Demonstrates

Ability to translate market research into a polished, professional investment analysis.

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YorkNav

In Progress

Product & Technology

A student navigation concept helping students, parents, and visitors find their way through the school building more easily.

Product ThinkingUser Experience PlanningWeb Concepting

Demonstrates

Practical problem-solving and early product thinking applied to a real, everyday need.

Education

Education & Coursework

Business & Economics

  • Introduction to Business (Summer Program)

Mathematics

  • Algebra II with Trigonometry Honors

Technology

  • Microsoft Office Specialist
  • Manufacturing Honors

Communication

  • English 9 Honors
  • Spanish II Honors

Social Science

  • AP Human Geography

Core Academics

  • Honors Biology

Coursework reflects Gabriel's current course load at York Community High School and does not represent an exact daily class schedule.

Sophomore Year — In Progress

Sophomore coursework includes AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, Precalculus Honors, Chemistry Honors, English 10 Honors, Spanish 3 Honors – ACP, and World History Honors.

Recognition

Leadership & Athletics

A snapshot of leadership, academics, and athletics recognition.

High Honor Roll — 5.1 Weighted | 4.0 Unweighted GPACertificate of Recognition — University of Chicago Young Innovators ProgramMicrosoft Office Specialist – Associate CertificationTestOut Office Pro Certification2nd Place, West Suburban Freshman Conference — Varsity Wrestling3rd Place, IMSA Junior High Math ContestDelivered 8th Grade Promotion SpeechFounder & President — EIAA Junior BoardInvestment Team Member — Junior Economic Club of Chicago

Capabilities

Skills & Interests

Finance & Markets

Market ResearchInvestment Pitch ResearchFinancial LiteracyBusiness & Economic ReasoningResearch Synthesis

Business & Communication

Business WritingPublic SpeakingCustomer ServiceProfessional CommunicationPresentation Skills

Leadership & Execution

Meeting OrganizationCommunity Initiative LeadershipTeam CollaborationTime ManagementDiscipline

Technology & Organization

Microsoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointData OrganizationWeb & Product ThinkingSocial Media Content Support

Athletics & Resilience

Varsity WrestlingWeight TrainingCompetitive DisciplineLong-Term Training Consistency

Open to Connecting

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