Mr. Robert S. Bacarella is Founder and Chairman of Monetta Financial Services, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor founded in 1984. He has served as the portfolio manager or co-manager of the Monetta Fund and the Monetta Young Investor Growth Fund (formerly the Monetta Core Growth Fund) since the Funds’ inceptions. Before founding Monetta, Mr. Bacarella spent over 15 years with Borg-Warner Corporation, including in the role of Director-Pension Fund Investments. He received his Bachelors Degree in Finance and Accounting from St. Joseph’s College and his MBA from Roosevelt University.

Mr. Robert J. Bacarella, CPA, joined Monetta Financial Services, Inc. in September 2008 as a security analyst and has been the co-manager of the Monetta Fund and the Monetta Young Investor Growth Fund (formerly the Monetta Core Growth Fund) since December 2009. He has served as the firm’s Vice-President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director since 2010. Prior to joining Monetta, Mr. Bacarella was an audit manager at MidAmerica Bank from 2005 to 2008. He was a senior auditor at JPMorgan Chase from 2002 to 2005 and at Ernst & Young LLP from 1999 to 2002. He received his Bachelors Degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems from Miami University and his MBA from DePaul University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.