Lee Gaus

Lee, a native of Flint, Michigan graduated from Illinois State University in 1974 after serving a three year stint I the U.S. Army.  Upon graduation from ISU, Lee began his career working for the agricultural giant Cargill.  After two year with Cargill, Lee accepted a position as grain merchandiser-commodity broker with Archer Daniels Midland of Decatur.  In 1983 Lee was transferred to the Chicago location and promoted to Vice-President of Marketing for ADM Investor Services. In 1992 Lee co-founded EFG Group which specializes in servicing retail commodity offices in the United States and South America.  In 1994 International Futures Group, Inc. was established by Lee, and industry veterans Steven Erdman and Thomas Fritz.  Today, International Futures Group enjoys clientele base from throughout the United States and China.