Bruce Taub
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Founder, CEO & Publisher
Miami Beach, US
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Bruce Taub is Founder, CEO & Publisher at The Principal Post and President of Nascentivity Funds Group, LLC. Bruce is a former financial services executive, an entrepreneur, a business consultant, an academic and an active arts philanthropist.
The Principal Post is an online publishing company offering uniquely engaging personal narratives, self-authored, self-published, independently and objectively vetted and endorsed. Nascentivity Funds Group is a private venture capital firm investing in properties and businesses within U. S. Opportunity Zones.
Bruce began his career at Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant. Over two decades, Bruce went on to serve as a branch manager, regional manager, National Sales Manager and finally as Sr. Director of the International Sales and Products Group. Following that, Bruce joined Prudential Financial as a Senior Vice President, responsible for the securities and financial planning businesses in the northeastern U.S.
After a quarter century in wealth management, Bruce left to pursue his dream of teaching at university. Rather than teaching finance, however, he returned to school to study philosophy, and later became a member of the philosophy departments of Boston College, Suffolk University and Northeastern University where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in ancient philosophy, political philosophy, ethics and leadership.
Bruce has served on the boards of numerous arts organizations including Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Miami’s Nu-Deco Ensemble. He has also served on the advisory boards of several early-stage for-profit businesses including Fabalish and Digital Guardian.
Bruce is a member of the Harvard Club of New York, the American Philosophical Association, Social Enterprise Institute, Mensa International and Faena Rose. He holds degrees from Northeastern University, Suffolk University, Boston University and Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Background
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2020 — Present
Founder, CEO & Publisher
The Principal Post
Bruce founded The Principal Post, a Delaware Public Benefit Company, initially as an independent digital platform where people who felt they had been unfairly treated online could set the record straight. The company has expanded its product suite to include a range of personal and corporate narratives, and is home to Cues and Views, an engaging, holistic view of the individual being profiled.
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2019 — Present
President
Nascentivity Funds Group
Bruce founded Nascentivity Funds Group, a private venture capital firm, in response to the U. S. Opportunity Zone legislation established under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The funds invest in QOZ operating businesses, primarily companies in media, technology, retail and food products.
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1981 — 2000
Senior Director
Merrill Lynch
Bruce began his career at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as an account executive in New Haven, CT. After six years managing portfolios for UHNW individuals and institutions, Bruce served as a branch manager, a regional manager, National Sales Manager and Senior Director of the International Sales and Products Group. Merrill Lynch is now a division of Bank of America.
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2000 — 2002
Senior Vice President
Prudential Financial
As Regional Director, Bruce was responsible for the securities and financial planning business in the northeastern United States for this Fortune 50 investment company. He also served on the Operating Committee of Prudential Securities. Prudential Securities was acquired by Wachovia Securities which, in turn, was acquired by Wells Fargo.
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2015 — 2018
Founder & Chairman
Noble Leisure Project
Bruce created the Noble Leisure Project while studying at Harvard Graduate School of Education. NLP sponsored academic and institutional research into the best practices of individuals exiting their careers in their thirties and forties after a significant liquidity event and then devoting themselves to active philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and community engagement.
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2002 — 2006
Founder & Chairman
Fernwood Art Investments, LLC
Bruce conceived of Fernwood Art Investments in response to accelerating interest in alternative investments by institutional fund managers. Created to be the premier provider of art-related investment products, research and advisory services for institutions and HNW investors seeking to capture the return potential and risk management benefits available from professionally managed art portfolios.
Formative Years
Education
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Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), summa cum laude | Leadership Science
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Suffolk University
Master of Science (M.S.) | Ethics and Public Policy
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Boston University
Ph.D. candidate (ABD) | Philosophy
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Areas Of Focus