Three Court’s Arthur Kavalis co-founded his firm almost directly after being fired from his previous position, but the preparation for that formative moment began much earlier.
Jason Mackey has been a founder for most of his professional life, including his first company from his dorm at Northeastern University.
“I hope my example encourages people to be authentic, but don’t forget to do your job well. I happen to believe, for me, that being authentic allows me to do my job incredibly well,” Ohmer tells EMM.
While growing up in New Haven, newly-elected Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell didn’t really see himself reflected in his community or government.
The opportunity for backing woman- and minority-owned private equity and venture capital firms “is at record levels,” according to an annual report from private equity fund-of-funds Fairview Capital Partners.
The $22 billion State Universities Retirement System of Illinois has announced the launch of its online diverse manager portal.
Close to 60% of new hires and promotions at public and private markets managers were with non-racially diverse people in 2022, results from Meketa Investment Group’s recently released diversity, equity and inclusion questionnaire show.
Jason Howard, co-head of the private equity diverse manager effort at GCM Grosvenor, has left the firm.
Appreciation and encouragement of diverse skillsets within a team is a key facet to building and sustaining a successful investment firm, according to a fireside chat held at last month’s New York State Teachers’ Retirement System’s 13th annual MWBE Investments and Professional Services Conference.
Investment managers have notably increased the diverse representation of their workforces, particularly with Black members of the C-suite, according to the results of Segal Marco Advisors’ 2022 Survey of Investment Managers on Internal ESG Policies.
This month we have our annual veterans feature in honor of Veterans Day next week.