> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # David Rogers Webb - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/david-rogers-webb/ - Published: 2026-03-21T17:37:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-21T17:37:45.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual, Person, United States, Sweden, #toc, Banking, Venture Capital **David Rogers Webb** is an American investment manager based in Stockholm, Sweden. His wife is named Valerie, with whom he has three children named Chelsea, Zachary and Hannah.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) ## History Webb received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.[\[3\]](#fn3) ### Career Webb began his career on Wall Street as a technical representative for CompuServe.[\[4\]](#fn4) Webb worked as an associate for Oppenheimer & Co. in New York from 1983-1987.[\[3:1\]](#fn3) Adam Solomon hired Webb to work at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. in September 1987, where he remained as an associate until 1990.[\[4:1\]](#fn4) Webb and his family moved to Cleveland Heights in 1990\. He worked as an investment manager and principal for Primus Venture Partners from 1990-1993[\[5\]](#fn5) before joining [Shaker Investments](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Shaker-Investments) as executive vice president in December 1993.[\[1:1\]](#fn1)[\[3:2\]](#fn3)[\[6\]](#fn6) He was the principal portfolio manager for Shaker Investments, L.P., established in 1996; the Cayman Islands-based Shaker Heights Investment Fund Ltd., established in 1997; and Shaker Investments (QP), L.P., established in 2000.[\[7\]](#fn7) Webb shorted telecommunications stocks in 2001 prior to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.[\[8\]](#fn8) According to Webb, he was invited to meet with George Soros at the offices of Soros Fund Management in New York during the dot-com crash, and for a second time in 2003.[\[2:1\]](#fn2) Webb incorporated [Verus Investment Management](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Verus-Investment-Management) in December 2002 and signed a lease for office space.[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10) He left Shaker Investments in January 2003, which "slashed a gaping hole in the side of" the firm, "both from a financial and a personnel standpoint."[\[11\]](#fn11) He brought 24 of his former colleagues from Shaker Investments, including Dan Flaningan, Brenton Luce and Bryan Moloney.[\[12\]](#fn12) In late 2004, Verus suffered significant losses, leading it to default on its commercial lease and file for bankruptcy.[\[10:1\]](#fn10) ## Publications - *The Great Taking* (edited by Michael Palmer) - June 21, 2023: [Version 1.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20230626161918/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/1ee786fb-3c78-4903-9701-d614892d09d6/taking-june21-web.pdf) - November 28, 2023: [Version 1.2](https://web.archive.org/web/20231128225517/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/1ee786fb-3c78-4903-9701-d614892d09d6/taking-ebook-c044a5e.pdf) ## Videos - October 2, 2023: [THE GREAT TAKING: Who Really Owns YOUR Assets???](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeP71CKRZNs) with Ivor Cummins ## External links - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DavidWebb539285) - [Website (The Great Taking)](https://thegreattaking.com/) - [YouTube (The Great Taking)](https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreatTaking) --- 1. *David Webb.* Crain’s Cleveland Business. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. Webb, D. R. (2023). *The Great Taking* (M. Palmer, Ed.; 3rd ed.). [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. *Biographies.* Shaker Investments. Retrieved October 13, 2002, from [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2) 4. Hemmelgarn, E. P., Solomon, A., & Webb, D. R. *Annual Report 2001.* Shaker Investments. Retrieved February 23, 2004, from [↩︎](#fnref4) [↩︎](#fnref4:1) 5. Various sources say Webb started at Primus in either 1990 or 1991\. [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *The Shaker philosophy.* (2002, January 14). Risk.net. [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Hedged Growth Equity Funds.* (2002, July 1). Shaker Investments. [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. Scholl, J. (2001, April 30). *Hedge This!* Barron’s. [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Verus Investment Management, L.L.C. - Organization/Registration of Limited Liability Company.* (2003, January 7). Ohio Secretary of State. [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. Morgenstern-Clarren, P. E. (2005, May 9). *Verus Investment Management, LLC - Case No. 04-26426.* United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. [↩︎](#fnref10) [↩︎](#fnref10:1) 11. Cornell, R. (2003, February 24). *Shakeup hits Shaker firm.* Crain’s Cleveland Business. [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. Schneyer, F. (2003, February 4). *Webb Strikes Out With New Hedge Fund.* PLANSPONSOR. [↩︎](#fnref12) ## Further reading [The Great Taking - Or The Great Misconception | Armstrong EconomicsQUESTION: I have watched this video of David Webb, who distorts the history of the Great Depression, making it sound like the Fed was created to take all the![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a2/fe/a2fe3cea-8d77-4702-87d4-ff1fd8934d08/content/images/icon/favicon.png)Armstrong EconomicsMartin Armstrong![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a2/fe/a2fe3cea-8d77-4702-87d4-ff1fd8934d08/content/images/thumbnail/The_Great_Taking.png)](https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/conspiracy/the-great-taking-or-the-great-misconception/)