Jack Woodruff

Jack Woodruff founded Candlestick Capital Management and led the long/short equity fund through 2025. Before starting the firm, he managed a portfolio at Citadel’s Surveyor Capital. He brought that investing experience to Kepler as a senior adviser.

Woodruff approaches AI research tools from the portfolio manager’s desk. A system that prepares a company brief in minutes can give an analyst more time to investigate a thesis. The numbers in that brief still need an audit trail, especially when competing funds can buy the same models.