Wall Street Rings Up Ex-Banker Who Planned for Maduro’s Exit (1)

Days after Nicolás Maduro was captured from Venezuela by US armed forces, Charles Myers was fielding calls from a chairlift on the ski slopes of Aspen, Colorado.

Hedge fund executives, reporters — and even senior officials in the Trump administration — all wanted his take on what the president’s capture would mean for investment in the South American country.

Myers, the founder of geopolitical risk advisory firmSignum Global Advisors, had long anticipated Maduro’s exit as leader of Venezuela, which he had ruled for more than a decade. In December, Myers told clients in an annual thank-you note that ...