Private Capital

David Salem has had a remarkable career. He did his undergrad at Middlebury, went to Harvard Business School where he sat next to Seth Klarman, then went to work with Jeremy Grantham at GMO where he became a partner.  He started The Investment Fund for Foundations, a groundbreaking way for smaller endowments to benefit

Jennifer Prosek has built a powerhouse communications firm by focusing on asset management.  She asked herself, "Why does the financial industry not care about its brand, and why are they so on the back foot about everything?"  I was particularly keen to talk to her about how firms struggle to differentiate, especially

Zoe Cruz is a prominent figure in the financial services industry, known for her significant contributions and groundbreaking achievements as one of the highest-ranking women on Wall Street. She was named one of the Forbes top 50 women in business four years in a row.  With a career spanning over 25 years at Morgan Sta

Michael Weisz has a real knack for finding unconventional opportunities and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.  He cut his teeth in real estate, but quickly found his nuanced understanding of mis-priced risk prepared him for creative investments like litigation and receivable finance and strategies like loans to professi

Today’s guest is Ted Seides from Capital Allocators podcast.  I first did a print interview with Ted exactly seven years ago, when he had just completed his first book So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund? and had just started his podcast.  Since then he has written two more books, Capital Allocators and today’s topic Pri

Greg Fleming is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller Capital Management, a role he has held since the firm, formerly known as Rockefeller & Co., launched in March 2018. Greg and I discuss the pivotal Lehman weekend in September of 2008 when he was instrumental in the sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of