- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- United States of America
- IPO Date
- Jan 9, 2023
- Business
- Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of publicly traded U.S. companies led by female chief executive officers, spanning small-cap to mega-cap market capitalizations across sectors including financials, consumer goods and services, industrials, digital information and services, healthcare, resources and materials, energy, real estate, technology, transportation, and agriculture food and beverages; the fund is equally weighted within industries and tracks components of the Hypatia Women CEO Index, calculated by S&P Global, with top holdings such as Progressive Corp., Elevance Health, Citigroup Inc., Nasdaq Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Centene Corporation, WEX Inc., Clearfield Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., and Arista Networks Inc. WCEO, launched on January 9, 2023 and listed on NYSE Arca, is a series of the Two Roads Shared Trust, advised by Hypatia Capital Management LLC with sub-adviser Vident Investment Advisory, distributed by Northern Lights Distributors LLC, and managed by Patricia Lizarraga alongside John Grenawalt, who joined as co-portfolio manager in June 2025. The fund, with approximately $5.6 million in assets under management and a net expense ratio of 0.85%, targets investors seeking exposure to the "female factor" in leadership for potential outperformance, diversification, and impact, as female-led companies feature significantly higher female representation in leadership teams.
Headquartered at 430 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Hypatia Capital Management LLC operates as part of the Hypatia Capital Group, founded in 2007 and focused on asset management strategies emphasizing female CEOs and balanced management teams. The ETF maintains a U.S.-centric geographic focus on American public equities with a minimum market capitalization typically aligned to index criteria of around $500 million.
Recent developments include a January 2024 strategic partnership between Hypatia Capital and How Women Lead to promote investments in women-led companies across asset classes, including educational sessions and alignment with initiatives like The New Table for early-stage opportunities complementary to WCEO's public equity exposure; additionally, in 2025, John Grenawalt expanded his role as co-portfolio manager, and the firm launched the Hypatia Women CEO Index to further spotlight female leadership performance. The fund continues to evolve its holdings dynamically based on qualifying female CEO-led companies, with no reported funding rounds, acquisitions, or major reorganizations in the last two years, while maintaining active management independent of its benchmark, the FT Wilshire US Small Cap Index.