Sal Gilbertie

Sal Gilbertie is the founder and CEO of Teucrium, where he leads the firm’s vision, product innovation, and investment strategy. With a career spanning over four decades in commodities trading, Sal brings deep expertise in liquidity, market structure, and product design—particularly in agricultural and energy markets.
Before founding Teucrium, Sal led the Renewable Fuels & Commodities Derivatives OTC desk at Newedge USA, a subsidiary of Société Générale, where he developed the liquidity and standard contracts that shaped the U.S. ethanol market. Earlier in his career, he held trading roles at Cargill, Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, Merrill Lynch, and Bear Stearns.

Sal designed some of the first commodities-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) with a focus on access, transparency, and agricultural innovation. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Fairfield University.