Ken Kencel - President and CEO of Churchill Asset Management

Ken Kencel is the President & CEO of Churchill Asset Management, a $50 billion dollar platform serving over 700 institutional clients.  He shared valuable insights on the growing private credit market, the evolution of the industry, his first job at Drexel, working at Carlyle and then going out on his own to start Churchill from scratch.  We also discuss the nuances of the art of the covenent and finish with Ken’s desert island discs. Ken started his career in M&A at Drexel Bernham Lambert, founded the high yield finance business at Chase Securities, and was head of leveraged finance at RBC as well as Indosuez Capital.  He was president and CEO of Churchill Financial group, which was sold to Carlyle where he served as a Managing director before starting Churchill Asset Management.  Ken graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown and has a JD from Northwestern. Please enjoy my conversation with Ken Kencel. WEBSITE: https://www.churchillam.com   If you like these discussions, please subscribe or leave a review. NOTE: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice. Thanks for listening. Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.  FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr WEBSITE: https://circulus.substack.com/ We are hosting our first family office event in New York on September 19th, 2024.  If you are are a single family office and would like to attend, you can request an invite below.  We are happy to have Steve Tananbaum of GoldenTree, Zoe Cruz of Menai Financial and Torsten Slok of Apollo joining us, and will be covering private equity, fintech and the global macro outlook.  I hope you can join us. REQUEST AN INVITE TO OUR FALL SUMMIT:  https://forms.gle/893q6qEXZEvVigSM7 INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964 If you like this show, do me a favor and send it to someone you think would enjoy it.  Just copy the link into an email or text.  I appreciate it.   ©2024 Joe Reilly