Christopher M.
Passarelli

Christopher Passarelli started investing before most people open a bank account. He bought his first stock at ten years old and was trading options by fifteen — not because someone told him to, but because he couldn't imagine doing anything else.

That single-minded drive led him through equity derivatives research, advisor platform strategy, institutional operations at Morgan Stanley in Baltimore supporting the Listed Commodity Derivatives desk in New York, and quantitative fund analysis — roles that gave him an institutional toolkit most solo portfolio managers never get. He studied at Virginia Tech before earning his B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he led a team that placed 4th of about 468 worldwide in the CME Group Trading Challenge.

He founded Bull Run Investment Management in 2019 with a conviction that a concentrated, actively managed portfolio of the world's most innovative companies — selected through rigorous fundamental and quantitative analysis — can meaningfully and consistently outperform passive benchmarks over complete market cycles. That thesis has been validated: since January 2023, the firm's Equity Innovation SMA ranks #21 of 2,243 U.S.-listed ETFs by gross total return, the top 0.89%, as of October 12, 2026.

Today, Passarelli serves as Founder, CEO, and sole Portfolio Manager of BRIM, managing four proprietary equity SMA strategies on the Charles Schwab platform for individuals, families, financial advisors, and institutional clients. He is personally involved in every investment decision, every client relationship, and every strategic direction the firm takes.