Julie Cane

Julie Cane is the CEO and co-founder of Democracy Investments, a registered investment advisory firm focused on promoting democracy globally in financial markets. The firm’s Democracy Investments International Index re-weights an international equity index towards democracies and away from authoritarians by leveraging an exclusive license of The Economist's Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index for financial products globally. The goal of this strategy is to decrease the cost of capital for democracies which can correlate to increased economic growth, and the reverse for authoritarian states.

Julie’s 25+ year background in financial services includes developing market leading innovations at Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab Advisor Services, SEI Investments and Autodesk Ventures. While at Wells Fargo, Julie developed the Wells Fargo Private Bank’s first high net worth and segmentation strategies resulting in more than a 100% increase in the division’s profits during the next three years. At SEI Investments, she launched and marketed eleven new mutual funds and led the conversion of $500 million in common trust funds to private-label public mutual funds.

Julie began her career as a U.S. Naval Aviator flying the SH-3 Sea King helicopter conducting combat search and rescue training missions and torpedo recovery in Coronado and the Philippines. For the last nine years, Julie has served on the Board of Swords to Plowshares, a nonprofit helping over 3,000 military veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area with housing, medical, legal and career transition services. She holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.