ABOUT US

Gressel Produce & Commodities has been proudly serving Agri-Business since 1933. We are a fourth generation family business that specializes in Trading and Risk Management.

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 1996 when the market moved 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   has over 20 years of experience in Risk Management and Trading Strategies.  His career began as a Member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he spent 5 years on the Trading Floor as a broker and trader.  Currently, Leon trades futures and option products and makes markets in the CME Dairy complex. Leon holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Illinois and 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.