Global Head of Research
Christopher Gannatti began at WisdomTree as a Research Analyst in December 2010, working directly with Jeremy Schwartz, CFA®, Director of Research. In January of 2014, he was promoted to Associate Director of Research where he was responsible to lead different groups of analysts and strategists within the broader Research team at WisdomTree. In February of 2018, Christopher was promoted to Head of Research, Europe, where he was based out of WisdomTree’s London office and was responsible for the full WisdomTree research effort within the European market, as well as supporting the UCITs platform globally. In November 2021, Christopher was promoted to Global Head of Research, now responsible for numerous communications on investment strategy globally, particularly in the thematic equity space. Christopher came to WisdomTree from Lord Abbett, where he worked for four and a half years as a Regional Consultant. He received his MBA in Quantitative Finance, Accounting, and Economics from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2010, and he received his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in Economics in 2006. Christopher is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation.
Growing opposition to AI data centers is colliding with plans to accelerate compute deployment in 2027. Christopher Gannatti examines SpaceX’s targets and SemiAnalysis’ construction forecasts to assess how permitting, power and chip supply could shape the buildout.
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Japan’s equity opportunity spans shareholder payouts, corporate governance reform and investment in artificial intelligence and defense. Christopher Gannatti examines how the WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund (OPPJ) brings these themes together through four investment sleeves and dynamic currency hedging.
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Quantum computing’s commercial potential depends on more than the machines themselves, with materials, processing expertise and infrastructure shaping the path forward. Christopher Gannatti and Jon Flynn examine where these connected investment themes could create economic value and what investors should consider before treating technical progress as commercial readiness.
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The AI buildout’s next constraints could be power, land and advanced packaging, while reasoning and software agents could broaden demand beyond model training. Christopher Gannatti examines four themes from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s account of the AI economy and their potential implications for investors.
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A growth label does not necessarily mean a strategy screens for profitability. Chris Gannatti examines the research behind combining quality and growth and how the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (QGRW) puts that approach into practice.
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Xanadu is pursuing a photonic approach to quantum computing, encoding information in light rather than electrons. On a recent episode of The Next Big Thing podcast, Christopher Gannatti and Elvira Kuramshina sat down with Xanadu COO Rafal Janik to discuss how modular architecture, photon loss and connections to AI data center supply chains could shape the path to utility-scale quantum computing.
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