Grant Williams on High-Stakes Leadership and Lessons from the Financial World

About this episode

Grant Williams discusses high-stakes leadership and lessons from his extensive experience in global finance.

Grant Williams has spent more than 35 years in global finance across seven major financial centers, from London to Sydney. He had a front-row seat to Japan’s late-1980s bubble and its dramatic collapse, and later worked across New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond. Grant co-founded Real Vision to bring the most thoughtful voices in investing to a broader audience, and he’s also the longtime author of Things That Make You Go Hmmm…, one of the world’s most widely read financial newsletters. Today, he serves as a senior advisor to Von Greyerz and a portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management. On this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Grant joined host Robert Glazer for a fascinating conversation about lessons he learned in high-stakes finance, universal leadership philosophies, and more. Thank you to the sponsors of The Elevate Podcast Shopify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/elevate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Masterclass: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠masterclass.com/elevate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Framer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠framer.com/elevate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Indeed…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Glazer

Guest: Grant Williams

Topics covered

• high-stakes leadership
• financial lessons
• global finance
• investment strategies
• leadership philosophies

Keywords

• leadership
• finance
• investment
• Real Vision
• financial newsletter

Sponsors

Shopify, Masterclass, Framer, Indeed, Notion, Blinkist, QuickBooks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Real Vision, Vulpes Investment Management, Von Greyerz

Books & works: Things That Make You Go Hmmm…

Places: London, Sydney, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore

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