Scott Ruden serves as Managing Partner for Wren Capital. Prior to Wren, Mr. Ruden founded a Chicago based logistics company providing line-haul services to Fedex Ground in 23 States throughout the U.S., maintaining a 99% service level with Fedex Ground.

Mr. Ruden started his career in 1996 as a Lead Market Maker for 26 equity options as well as the Wilshire Small Cap Index at the Pacific Stock Exchange in SF, building an auditable four-year track record during his tenure. Subsequently, Mr. Ruden was Head of European Trading for Standard Pacific, managing a proprietary P&L for a multi-billion-dollar global macro hedge fund in SF. Mr. Ruden then spent 7 years in London in senior Pan European Sales Trading roles for Dresdner Kleinwort and HSBC working closely with institutional investors in their use of banks’ proprietary research, market data, order flows and event driven catalysts to manage portfolios.

Mr. Ruden has worked alongside every facet of an investment banks' Equity Sales, Trading, Capital Markets and Private Placement continuum, including primary syndications and secondary sales. Mr. Ruden graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa.