ABOUT US

Gressel Produce & Commodities has been proudly serving Agri-Business since 1933. We are a fourth generation family business that specializes in helping our customers manage their inventory and procurement risk.

Joe Gressel has been trading commodities since 1971. He got involved in hedging through his family’s egg business.  After graduating from Ohio State University, he eventually made his way to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trading floor in 1981.    In 1992, he made the first GLOBEX trade. Joe began trading dairy in 1997 when the market moved from Green Bay to Chicago and was instrumental in the push to get it there.

Art Gressel grew up working in his family’s wholesale egg business. After graduation from Miami University (Ohio), he began managing the egg processing plant. Art then became a floor trader and broker on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for 18 years. Now he is actively involved in brokering while trading futures and options markets.

Leon Gressel, CFA   began his career in the family business packing eggs and sweeping floors at the egg processing plant in Delphos, Ohio.  He holds a Bachelor Degree from the University of Illinois.  After college, he became a member of the CME and began working on the trading floor.  Currently, Leon trades futures and option products and makes markets in the CME’s Dairy complex. Leon is a CFA® charterholder.

Sam Gressel, CFA   graduated from Columbia University and worked for eight years as an analyst and execution trader for a global macro hedge fund. He has experience trading over-the-counter foreign exchange as well as a wide range of commodity, equity and fixed income futures. Sam is a CME member and a CFA® charterholder.