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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 from professional investing and scale, and had David Swensen of the Yale Investment Office, Jack Meyer of the Harvard Management Company, and Seth Alexander of MIT, as well as many other talented investors on his board. He went on to advise George Soros on his personal money and worked for many years with Chuck Feeney who famously gave away his entire multi-billion-dollar fortune. David’s writings are voluminous and available online. He is currently working on a book about Peter Bernstein, the great author of Against the Gods: The Story of Risk.
We talk about how to allocate $5 billion dollars, filtering out impulsive managers, the founding of TIFF, the ideal size of an investment committee, and the persistent edge of Seth Klarman.
It was my great pleasure to talk to David Salem.
Hedgeye: https://insights.hedgeye.com/hedgeye-capital-allocation/
David Salem Articles: https://www.epsilontheory.com/david-salem-2/
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Joe Reilly heads Circulus Group, a family office network, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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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 as formerly low-profile parts of the industry, such as private equity funds, now look to expanding across the wealth channel and begin to look more like consumer brands. We talk about how she built her firm from small beginnings; how family offices should think about their story; being prepared for a crisis in advance; educating financial advisors; how to go from high-level awareness down the funnel to actual ROI; how to navigate Milken and Davos; and the future of AI in communications.
Jennifer Prosek is the founder and managing partner of Prosek Partners, a leading integrated marketing and communications firm with offices in nine cities around the world. The firm was named the best financial communications and marketing firm by PRovoke Media in 2023. Jennifer was also listed personally on The Wall Street Journal’s “Most Influential Decision Markers” list in 2023 and 2024. She is the author of two books, “Army of Entrepreneurs” and “Raising Can-Do Kids.” Jennifer is on the board of the Mount Sinai Health System and the Museum of the City of New York and she received her MBA from Columbia University and a B.A. in English Literature from Miami University.
Jen is also known for her pithy sayings, and we managed to get a new one from her. Please enjoy my conversation with Jennifer Prosek.
“Reaching for Retail” Prosek report: https://www.prosek.com/news/prosek-report-reaching-for-retail-reveals-private-capital-firm-brands-remain-in-early-stage-of-development/
Army of Entrepreneurs: https://www.amazon.com/Army-Entrepreneurs-Empowered-Workforce-Exceptional/dp/081443696X/
Raising Can-Do Kids: https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Can-Do-Kids-Children-Fast-Changing-ebook/dp/B00O2BKKYE/
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.
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Substack: https://circulus.substack.com/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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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 Stanley, where she served as Co-President, Cruz played a pivotal role in managing major revenue-generating businesses, starting with her taking charge of the FX desk in 1993. Her expertise and leadership have established her as a key player in the finance sector. Cruz transitioned to founding her own asset management firm, Menai Financial Group. This move not only highlights her resilience but also her belief in the potential for growth and opportunity that can come from financial innovation.
Zoe Cruz moved to the US from Greece at age fourteen and is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Business School. As we engage in this discussion with Zoe Cruz, we will explore her insights on leadership, inflection points in market cycles, why Morgan Stanley hired James Gorman, the current dangers of hidden leverage, and the bridges from TradFi to DeFi.
Menai Financial: https://menai.io
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.
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WEBSITE: circulus.substack.com
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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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 professional athletes during lockouts. We talk about the development of the Yieldstreet platform, how they think about the wide variety of offerings they have from fine art to CLO’s, the democratization of finance, and the international scaling of the firm.
Michael is the Founder and CEO of Yieldstreet, the leading private market investing platform, with more than 500k members and $5.7 billion invested.
An award-winning entrepreneur, he co-founded Yieldstreet in 2015 with an ambition of providing individual investors access to curated private market assets typically reserved for institutions. As CEO, Michael leads Yieldstreet’s strategic vision to make alternatives a fundamental piece of investor portfolios.
Before Yieldstreet, Michael held a variety of positions across the specialty finance spectrum, including founding Soli Capital. Previously, Michael was Vice President at a New York-based credit opportunities hedge fund with $1.2B under management.
WEBSITE: https://www.yieldstreet.com/
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 the CEO of Circulus Group an educational forum for family offices, and the host of the Inheritance Podcast.
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WEBSITE: circulus.substack.com
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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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 Private Equity Deals and now has one of the top investment podcasts in the world, with over 400 episodes. Private Equity Deals is a set of engaging case studies derived from his podcast series, and is an excellent and detailed read, delving deeply into fifteen different deals.
Ted Seides is the host of Capital Allocators, which includes podcasts, gatherings and advisory. He was formerly co-founder of Protege Partners, which was a leading multi-billion dollar hedge fund seeder, where he was President and co-CIO. Ted is also well known for his famous bet with Warren Buffett, a charitable wager pitting hedge funds against the S&P 500. Ted began his career under the tutelage of David Swensen at the Yale University Investments office. Ted graduated with honors from Yale and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
I’m grateful to Ted for getting me into podcasting. He told me it was fun and easy and you get to talk to really interesting people, and he was absolutely right. Please enjoy my conversation with Ted Seides.
Private Equity Deals: https://www.amazon.com/Private-Equity-Deals-dealmaking-professionals/dp/1804090735
Capital Allocators on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional/id1223764016
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.
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WEBSITE: circulus.substack.com
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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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 America, his thoughts on organic growth and mergers in wealth management, the founding of Rockefeller Capital with Viking and building on the legacy of the Rockefeller family office, growing from $18 billion to $140 billion in six years, the importance of horizontal connectivity in a large organization and his belief that nice guys can finish first.
Prior to Rockefeller, Greg was the President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch, and previously ran Merrill’s Global Investment Banking business. Greg joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker in 1992. He had also been a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. Greg is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Colgate University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School.
Please enjoy my conversation with Greg Fleming.
WEBSITE: https://www.rockco.com/bios/gregory-j-fleming/
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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
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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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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.
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Jason Schwarz is Deputy Chief Executive Officer and President at Wilshire, which currently manages over $100 billion in assets and advises on $1.3 trillion. Jason was raised in a legal family, but his path diverged from the expected, fueled by a desire to carve his own niche. He told me, “I think you see this with sons and daughters of successful parents," he mused. "One path is to follow in the same direction, the other is to go in one's own direction. And I chose that."
This decision led him westward, where he immersed himself in the ever-evolving realm of investments, including a side trip to Hanoi. We talk about what makes an effective consultant, the burgeoning OCIO business, what he learned from legendary founder Dennis Tito, and the transformation Wilshire underwent following its acquisition by Motive and CC Partners, where Schwarz played a pivotal role in streamlining previously siloed divisions.
Jason joined Wilshire in 2005 and has held a number of increasingly senior roles within the firm, including establishing Wilshire as a leading provider of investment solutions for financial intermediaries, advisors and their clients and ultimately overseeing all of the firm’s business segments. Jason holds a BA in Government from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business.
Please enjoy my conversation with Jason Schwarz.
WEBSITE: https://www.wilshire.com/
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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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Anthony Scaramucci, is the founder and managing partner of Skybridge Capital and the SALT Conference. We had a wide ranging and candid conversation about his new book, his path from Port Washington to the White House, navigating the cutthroat world of Wall Street and politics, adapting his investment style to survive, and the importance of non-transactional networking.
Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital and founder and chairman of the SALT conference. Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs.
Scaramucci briefly served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and as White House Communications Director in 2017. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a board member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. He is the author of five books.
and he holds a BA in Economics from Tufts University and a JD from Harvard Law School.Please enjoy my conversation with the always engaging Anthony Scaramucci.
SkyBridge Capital: https://www.skybridge.com/
X: @Scaramucci
From Wall Street to the White House and Back: The Scaramucci Guide to Unbreakable Resilience
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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Carin-Isabel Knoop is the founder and executive director of the Harvard Business School Research and Case Writing Division. This conversation was spurred by two things, one that I found out on the Business Breakdowns podcast last year that Harvard Business School Publishing is larger than Forbes, and two that I’ve also always been curious about how case studies are actually written. Anyone who has done security or competitive analysis will appreciate the level of detail that goes into a case.
This is similar to the great conversation I had last year with Paul Edelman, who has developed psychological tests to find talent for leading hedge funds. I would encourage you to listen to that one if you haven’t, Paul is great at breaking down conceptual thinking.
Cases are used to teach decision making and business reasoning for analysts, business owners, consultants and investors, but what are the decisions that go into the cases themselves and why are they such a good tool for teaching this mode of thought? What I found was intriguing and in some ways pleasantly surprising, and Carin was great fun to talk to. Please enjoy our discussion.
Carin-Isabel Knoop is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Case Research and Writing Group which she began in 1995. Previously she was a consultant at McKinsey and Price Waterhouse Coopers. Carin has her bachelors summa cum laude in Government, Economics and International Relations from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business school with honors. She is also a very active writer on Medium and where she writes about creating better workplaces.
https://carinisabelknoop.medium.com/
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Scott Sperling is the Co-CEO of Thomas H. Lee Partners. We had an excellent conversation about his time at Harvard Management Company under legendary figures like Walter Cabot and Jack Meyer, his thoughts on the evolution of private equity, the growth of THL, how the firm is structured, his top metrics and how to find new areas of growth.
Scott is Co-CEO and co-chair of the firm’s management committee. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Scott was, for more than a decade, managing partner of the affiliate of Harvard Management Company that managed all alternative asset classes for Harvard University’s endowment fund. Before that he was a Senior Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
Scott is involved with a number of charitable and non-profit organizations. He is Chairman of MassGeneralBrigham, the Parent of the Harvard teaching hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He is Chairman Emeritus of the CitiCenter for Performing Arts and Wang Theater.
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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Michael Tiedemann is a founding partner and chief executive officer of AlTi Tiedemann Global, a publicly traded $70 billion investment firm. He is also a member of the firm’s board of directors and chairman of the firm’s internal investment committee.
We talk about starting the business with his father, Carl Tiedemann, the former president of DLJ, spinning up a wealth manager from scratch after the dot-com collapse, the importance of having an operator mentality, finding great talent, and Mike’s thoughts on venture, private debt, growth in the wealth management space and being deliberate.
Michael began his career working for Tiedemann Investment Group (TIG) as an emerging markets research analyst. In 1994, he joined the equity research group at Banco Garantia, one of Brazil’s leading investment banks, living in Brazil for two years. Later, Michael ran their equity sales and trading operations out of New York, where he worked closely with Garantia’s top-ranked hedge fund-of-fund group. In 1998, when Credit Suisse acquired Garantia, he remained there, heading up their sales trading efforts for Latin America, until he left to start Tiedemann Advisors in 2000.
Michael has been a selected speaker at a number of financial and regulatory associations around the country. In 2012, the Henry Street Settlement honored Michael for his contribution to charitable causes, and most recently in 2017 Michael received the Impact Award for his contribution to fighting poverty by the River Fund of New York. Michael received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University.
If you like these discussions, please subscribe or leave a review. Please enjoy my excellent talk with Mike Tiedemann.
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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Alex Chaloff is the CIO of Bernstein Private Wealth Management. We had a great conversation talking about his personal litmus test for a manager, what to do with lagging funds, the advantages of scale, and the importance of having a sleep coach. Please enjoy my talk with Alex Chaloff.
Alex Chaloff is the Chief Investment Officer of Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Before his current role, he served as head of Alternative Asset Strategies. Alex was also a Senior Investment Strategist and Co-head of Bernstein’s Private Client Investment Policy Group, the decision-making body for the private client business. The PCIPG provides asset allocation, investment, and risk management advice for high-net-worth clients, endowments, and foundations. Before joining Bernstein in 2005, he was a managing director at Wilshire Associates, serving on the firm’s investment committee. At Wilshire, Alex structured the investment programs of Fortune 500 companies and developed the portfolio construction for multiple mutual fund complexes, serving as Chief Financial Officer for several fund families. Prior to that, he worked in fund accounting operations at a global custodian in Boston. Alex earned a BA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Today we have Mark Hurley, who recently co-authored a white paper called Welcome to the Jungle: The Next Phase of the Evolution of the Wealth Management Industry. Mark has written several influential papers over the years, and makes some intriguing and provocative points. We go into the mechanics of the wealth management business, how to find talent, discuss the ten-year acquisition spree in the industry, and the challenges of a wealth management business which is transitioning from a club-like place to one that is far more competitive.
Mark is currently CEO of Digital Privacy and Protection, a cybersecurity company. He was the Chairman and CEO of Fiduciary Network, a well know firm that provided capital for internal transitions, acquisitions, and MBOs of Registered Investment Advisors. Prior to that he was CEO of Undiscovered Managers, a mutual fund company, and started out at Goldman Sachs. Mark was educated at the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from Stanford.
Digital Privacy and Protection: https://www.dpripro.com
Welcome to the Jungle: The Next Phase of the Evolution of the Wealth Management Industry: https://www.dpripro.com/research/yhxohtca3dvhxbc69uh2xqhgi5ynen-jzsww
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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964
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Steffen Pauls is a serial entrepreneur with a long background in the private equity industry. His career started at BCG; he started and sold a fintech company during the dot com era; worked at KKR when it was still a small firm and grew along with it; and then left to start his own company in 2016 called Moonfare - which is a private equity investing platform making top-tier funds available to retail and institutional investors at lower minimums. Steffen got his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mannheim with high distinction and his PhD in Economics from the University of Trier.
We talk about his exciting educational and entrepreneurial journey, what KKR was like when it all fit in one room, the challenges of starting a company and getting initial traction, the technological challenges of building a private equity platform, and what he thinks about the future of the space.
Please enjoy my interview with Steffen Pauls.
Moonfare: https://www.moonfare.com/us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/steffenpauls
Moonfare Deal Talk: https://podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/deal-talk-interviews-with-private-equity-leaders/id1689571193NOTE: 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.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964If 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.
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Casey Whalen has had a remarkable investing career starting at the Yale investments office, then Rockefeller University, the CIO of the New York Public Library, running three billion at Truuvo partners and now heading up Lazard’s family office partners. Casey and I talk about the many lessons she learned from David Swensen, and I especially liked her stress on getting alignment with all the players in an investment program. We also talk about the importance of the right frameworks, private investments, letting go of managers and dealing with customized portfolios for wealthy clients.
Please enjoy my interview with Casey Whalen.
Full Bio:
Casey Whalen is the Managing Director, Head and CIO of Lazard Family Office Partners. She was previously CEO and CIO at Truvvo partners, a $3.8 B OCIO manager of family wealth and was CIO of the New York Public Library before that. She was Director of Public Investments for Rockefeller University and began her investment career at the Yale University Investments Office under David Swensen. She is a graduate of Yale University where she studied economics. She serves on the Investment Committee of the Rockefeller Family Fund.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.
Lazard Family Office Partners: https://www.lazardassetmanagement.com/us/en_us/references/lazard-family-office-partners
Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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INHERITANCE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964If 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.
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Today we are speaking to Ryan Eisenman, co-founder and CEO of Arch, a leading fintech startup that is a digital administrator for private investments. I thought it would be great to catch up with Ryan to get a look under the hood of a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company tackling one of asset management’s persistent back office issues such as K-1s and capital calls, as well as a look at how their focus on product and customer experience can help you stand out in the burgeoning fintech space. As someone who has personally struggled from the deluge of unstructured data in a family office, I am always interested in how technology can solve this ultimate of pain points in a family office or RIA, and Ryan and his team are on the cutting edge of applying new technology, including AI to this area. We hear his founder story and how he and his co-founders Jason Trigg and Joel Stein have approached pricing, market fit, handling data, and all the different types of customers and their individual challenges. Right after we recorded this interview, Arch closed a $20 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures, with Craft Ventures, Quiet Capital, Citi Ventures, and Focus Financial joining. The group has over 200 customers managing over $60 Billion.
Ryan Bio:
Ryan Eisenman is the co-founder and CEO of Arch, a digital solution for managing private-market assets like private equity, venture capital, and real estate. What started as a solution for collecting K-1s is now used to automate portfolio management and analysis by over 200 institutional clients, private offices, and investment advisors, including one of the three biggest US banks. Ryan is a Houston native, graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Human and Organizational Development, and lives in New York City, where Arch is based.
WEBSITE: arch.co
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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
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Today we have Jon Hirtle, founder and executive chairman of Hirtle, Callaghan & Co, a $20 billion OCIO firm. I was especially interested to talk to Jon because he is a real process guy, and has been thinking deeply about managers and portfolios for over thirty years. John trained recruits at Paris Island, worked at Goldman, and left with no clients to become a pioneer in what came to become the OCIO business. We discuss prediction markets, what he learned from the Mellon family office, and his concept of looking for an “uninterrupted chain of logic.”
Jon is a regular commentator on national media and is best known for his role in pioneering the outsourced CIO (OCIO) model for families and institutions. Prior to founding Hirtle Callaghan, Jon worked at Goldman Sachs advising family groups and institutions on investment strategy and securities selection. Previously, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University.
Please enjoy my interview with Jon Hirtle.
Full Bio:
Founder and Executive Chairman of Hirtle, Callaghan & Co.
In his role as Executive Chairman, Jon continues his intense focus on producing ever-better net outcomes for clients. Working closely with the Hirtle Callaghan Investment Strategy Group, he developed the firm’s investment philosophy which he distilled into four cornerstone principles. Jon appears regularly on national broadcast networks including CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg Television. He is highly sought after for his commentary on investing and was dubbed the "Oracle of Outsource" by Pensions & Investments as Hirtle Callaghan is best known for his role in pioneering the outsourced CIO (OCIO) model for families and institutions. Prior to founding Hirtle Callaghan, Jon worked at Goldman Sachs advising family groups and institutions on investment strategy and securities selection. Previously, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University.
Hirtle Callaghan & Co: https://www.hirtlecallaghan.com
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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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AI for Portfolio Insight
Jan Szilagyi is the CEO and co-founder of Toggle AI, a generative AI startup that uses machine learning to turn institutional-grade data into insights for investors of all stripes. Szilagyi spent most of his career with Stanley Druckenmiller at Duquesne Capital. He was co-CIO of global macro at Lombard Odier and also managed portfolios at Fortress under Michael Novogratz. Jan has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, and BA and MA degrees in mathematics and economics from Yale.
I was very eager to talk to Jan about his cutting-edge work of actually applying artificial intelligence to help portfolio managers and analysts. When I first met Jan three years ago, he was already ahead of the curve in using advanced models to digest huge amounts of investment data and prices in a way that was useful and didn’t require data science training to use. We talk about Jan’s experience at Duquesne and Fortress, the founding of Toggle AI, how to think about how AI is being applied to the financial world, hiring AI talent, and how to speed run a Ph.D. Please enjoy my excellent conversation with Jan Szilagyi.
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ToggleAI: https://toggle.ai
Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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Stan Miranda is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Partners Capital, a global OCIO with $50 billion under management. Stan was previously a longtime director at Bain and chairman of their Worldwide Executive Committee and a co-founder of Evolution Global Partners, a venture capital firm affiliated with Kleiner Perkins and TPG.
I was interested to talk to Stan about the very interesting DNA of Partners, and how they engage with their very talented clients, many of whom are private equity partners, endowment heads, and substantial family offices.
Stan has thought deeply about the Endowment Model and has written many excellent white papers for Partners, some of which we discuss. We cover the upcoming energy transition and why the route is not Net Zero, how he combined strategic thinking and analysis with the endowment model into the playbook they used to start Partners, how private equity partners manage their own personal money, and the transitions they go through in their own lives, and how Stan thinks about alternatives to alternatives. Please enjoy my excellent conversation with the engaging Stan Miranda.
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FULL BIO:
Stan Miranda founded Partners Capital in 2001 and is Chairman of the firm’s Board of Directors. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer from 2001 until June 2020 and also held the Chief Investment Officer position until 2016. He is a member of the firm’s Global Investment Committee and has been the senior advisor to the Private Equity asset class team since the firm’s founding. Previously, Stan was a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Evolution Global Partners, a Kleiner Perkins, and TPG affiliated venture capital firm; Director of Bain & Company and member of its Worldwide Executive Committee (Chairman in 1997-98); member of Bain & Company’s Private Equity Practice and Private Equity Investment Committee member; and Certified Public Accountant. Stan holds an MBA from Harvard.
Partners Captial White Papers: https://partners-cap.com/insights/
Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast.
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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/
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