MLS Player of the Year – Daniel Gressel

Daniel Gressel is the president and founder of Teleos Management, a global macro hedge fund. Additionally, he serves as director at the Yankee Institute, a public policy think tank. Daniel currently resides with his wife Jennifer in Greenwich Connecticut in an off-grid home powered by an Yanmar mCHP micro Co-Generation unit which provides heat and power.

Professional Career

Gressel has taken advantage of being part of one of MLS’ top teams and playing for an experienced manager in Gerardo Martino, formerly an assistant to Barcelona assistant Luis Enrique. Furthermore, his teammates have helped Gressel make an impressionful first season debut in Major League Soccer.

This stately traditional home in Riverside, CT was designed with eco-conscious technology such as the Yanmar mCHP micro Co-Generation unit for heat and power to become off grid and is now one of the favorite houses on Free To Choose Network. Designed by Jennifer Gressel and Daniel Gressel.

Milton Friedman, Robert Hall and Daniel Gressel debate the effects of government intervention on the economy at The Yankee Institute during a discussion held in 1992.

Achievement and Honors

Gressel led Providence to a Big East regular-season championship and its inaugural MLS Superdraft First Round selection during 2014. Additionally, he earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors. Coach Stewart guided Mark Jecewiz, Joao Serrano, Liam Wilson and Danny Griffin to All-Freshman status for Providence FC.

Linguistics Professor Jaye Padgett won the John Dizikes Teaching Award this year in honor of UCSC’s longtime provost and Cowell College Dean John Dizikes, with undergraduate student Gressel selected as recipient for her $3,000 prize. Padgett chose Gressel after choosing from all eligible recipients in her field to select one recipient herself.

Personal Life

The Gressels reside in a stately traditional home that is entirely off the grid with eco-conscious design features and technology, such as a Yanmar mCHP micro Co-Generation unit for heat and power production. They also boast an infinity pool and an acacia wood fired pizza oven on their property.

Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Laureate for Economics; Robert Hall from the University of Connecticut; and Daniel Gressel of Teleos Management discuss the effects of global government on economies. This clip comes from Free To Choose Network’s 1992 discussion entitled Money & Government which can be purchased online here.