Fitzroy McLean

Senior Market Strategist
Fitzroy McLean is a West Point graduate and former Special Forces Ranger who served throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. After his army days he was recruited into the CIA’s Clandestine Service–you know, spying, aliases, blowing stuff up. His red, white, and blue upbringing had convinced him that he was working for the “Good Guys,” yet a nagging doubt of how “noble” his work really was led to his departure. Fitz soon found himself in the ultimate arena of subterfuge, deceit, and deception: politics. It was during his run for office on the national election stage that Fitz was struck with an epiphany: he didn’t believe in government at all, at least not the pervasive form of government espoused by his political sponsers. Turning his back on politics Fitz went on to earn a graduate degree from Oxford, then headed off for the emerging markets of Africa, Eastern Europe, South America, and the Middle East, first as an entrepreneur and later as a fund manager. Today, Fitz is proud of his political-incorrectness, and is a self-described Libertarian with Anarchist and Hedonist tendencies. He’s not an angry expat, “America Basher,” or any kind of basher at all. He still loves America, if not its government, and firmly believes in the ideas advanced by the U.S. founding fathers. When not investing, he’s traveling in search of a small, isolated place where he can found Fitzmcleanastan. Without Borders readers will be first to know when passports are available.