"I Write-Off Every Sourcing Slide" | Alex Felman

About this episode

Alex Felman discusses the evolution of reputation in investment and family office management.

“The game you play as you’re building a reputation becomes a different game than when you have a reputation. And I tend to find, from an LP’s perspective, when you’re building reputation, that’s actually when you deliver the most value.” — Alex Felman Alex Felman is an entrepreneurial and family office professional. For over 10 years, as a second-generation member, he has run his own family office, Felman Family Office, and works with family offices around the world through his family's multifamily group, MSF Capital Advisors. Using his expertise in Molecular Toxicology and Bio-entrepreneurship (B.A from University of California -Berkeley, MBA from Copenhagen Business School), he advises them in biotechnology, healthcare, and other futuristic tech industries with the goal of maintaining long-term wealth through innovation. He regularly speaks at family office and private wealth events on topics such as tech investment, manager selection, generation and succession issues, rising generation trends, and more. He has used his experience within the family office industry and 20 year background as an educator to create Exponential U, a family office education program designed to help…

People in this episode

Host: David Zhou

Guest: Alex Felman

Topics covered

• family office
• investment strategies
• biotechnology
• wealth management
• education
• leadership transition

Keywords

• family office
• biotechnology
• wealth management
• investment
• leadership transition
• education
• reputation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Felman Family Office, MSF Capital Advisors, Exponential U, University of California - Berkeley, Copenhagen Business School

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