About this episode

David Weisburd interviews Scott Malpass about insights gained from decades of experience as a university CIO in identifying exceptional investors.

What can 32 years as a university CIO teach you about identifying exceptional investors before everyone else does? David sits down with Scott Malpass, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Grafton Street Partners and former Chief Investment Officer of the University of Notre Dame, to discuss the patterns he learned from evaluating thousands of investment firms and building decades-long relationships with some of the world’s leading managers.

People in this episode

Host: David Weisburd

Guest: Scott Malpass

Topics covered

• venture capital
• investment strategies
• university CIO
• investor relationships
• investment firms

Keywords

• CIO
• investment firms
• investors
• Notre Dame
• Grafton Street Partners
• Sequoia
• venture capital

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grafton Street Partners, University of Notre Dame, Sequoia, Venture Capital

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