Gregory Saliba

Gregory Saliba is a financial professional with over 15 years of experience advising corporate and individual clients. He is President and Founder of Taurus Capital Management, an investment management company. Previous positions include serving as Vice President of investment banking for Piper Jaffray’s Debt Capital Markets Group, where he engaged in underwriting public and private debt and preferred stock for investment and non-investment grade corporations. Greg also advised and financed Northwest companies as a Vice President of Corporate Banking for U.S. Bank.

Gregory Saliba earned an M.B.A. from Portland State University, a M.A. in East Asian Studies from the University of Oregon, and a B.A. in History from Whitman College. He also holds NASD Series 7 and 66 securities licenses and was a Registered Representative for Piper Jaffray & Co. Gregory is also a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).

Since 2003, Gregory has been teaching Corporate Finance and Investment Portfolio Management at Portland State University’s School of Business Administration. Each quarter, he instructs students on debt and equity valuation, market risk and return concepts, and various analytical methodologies.

Gregory had opportunities to gain extensive international experience by teaching finance in Russia via the Free Market Business Development Institute program in 2001. He also studied Japanese history and culture at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan in 1988-89.

The Portland Business Journal named Gregory Saliba as one of its “Top 40 Under 40″ professionals for 2008. Gregory was also named as a finalist for the 2009 Oregon Ethics in Business Award. He was also selected by the Portland Business Alliance for the 2009 Leadership Portland program.

Gregory is actively involved in the Portland community. Activities include serving as Treasurer and Board Member for the Portland Youth Philharmonic and on the Advisory Board for Graduate Programs at the PSU School of Business Administration. He also ran his first Portland Marathon to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (2007).