AIC CONVERSATIONS
In light of the current global pandemic, AIC will be holding its flagship webinar series for the 2020/21 academic year which is available throughout the year through AIC's website and social media pages, in replacement of the physical conference.
This webinar series comprises of a sequence of interviews and discussions with founders and executives of leading alternative investment firms. Each of these high-quality discussions will be posted virtually in our webinar series named "AIC Conversations".
This year, AIC has already invited a wide variety of speakers, ranging from founders of private equity titans to chief executives of notable hedge funds, and is constantly constantly adding more speakers of the highest calibre to share their insights and knowledge about the alternative investment industry.
Hover on each of our speakers' photo to learn more! Feel free to post any questions that you may have for each of our speakers in the line-up.
Speakers
Upcoming Speakers
Sam Zell
Sam Zell is the Founder and Chairman of Chicago based private investment firm, Equity Group Investment. He is regarded as the forefather of modern real estate investment trusts and was one of the first to pioneer the private investment space.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen Schwarzman is the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms with $584 billion Assets Under Management. He was named one of Forbes’ Top 50 “World’s Most Powerful People” in 2018 and Forbes’ most influential person in finance in 2016.
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Edgar Bronfman Jr, Founder and Managing Partner at Accretive LLC (a technology private equity and venture investing firm), Co-founder and General Partner of Waverley Capital (a media venture capital firm) and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music
Daniel S. Loeb
Daniel S. Loeb is the Founder, CEO and CIO of $17 billion AUM NYC based hedge fund Third Point Investment Management. He is one of the most prominent investors in the world and a pioneer in the activist investing space.
Urs Wietlisbach is the Co-Founder of Partners Group, a Swiss private equity firm with $94 billion in assets under management. Partners Group is the second largest publicly-traded private market firm, after Blackstone.
Urs Wietlisbach
James Christopher Flowers is the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of J.C. Flowers & Co., a private equity firm with c. $6 Billion in AUM and has made over $16 billion in investments since its launch in 1998. He is personally estimated to have a net worth of $2 Billion and is one of the most famous investors since the financial crisis.
J. Christopher Flowers
Sir Paul Marshall is the Co-Founder and Chairman of $48 billion AUM Marshall Wace, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. He is also a significant benefactor to LSE and has been an active political donor to both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
Paul Marshall
Philippe Lafont
Philippe Laffont is the Founder and Chief Investment officer of Coatue Management, a hedge fund and venture capital firm with over $25 billion in assets. Laffont is regarded as one of the most successful investors in the technology industry, having backed the likes of Facebook, Snapchat, Spotify, and ByteDance.
Jonathan M. Nelson
Johnathon M. Nelson is the founder and CEO of Providence Equity Partners, a global TMT-focused private equity firm with $49 billion in AUM. He is a renowned businessman famous for pioneering the sector-focused private equity approach.
William L. Cornog
William L. Cornog, aka Bill, is a partner at KKR, an American global investment firm with $148 billion under management. Mr. Cornog currently serves as Global Head of KKR Capstone, KKR's internal operations team.
Jeremy Grantham
Jeremy Grantham is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist of Grantham, Mayo & van Otterloo (GMO), a Boston based asset management firm with $118 billion AUM.
Mr. Grantham is widely considered to be one of the most influential investors of all time.
Jim Breyer is the founder and CEO of venture capital firm Breyer Capital, and has been a key investor in some of the most transformative business in the world, including Facebook, Marvel Entertainment, and Spotify.
Jim Breyer
Kurt Bjorklund is the Co-Managing Partner at Permira, a London-based private equity firm with €30bn in assets under management.
Kurt Bjorklund
David Bonderman is the Founding Partner and Chairman at TPG Capital, a San Francisco based investment company with $103 billion of assets under management. Bonderman is a renowned investor and legend of private equity.
David Bonderman
Vivek Ramaswamy is the founder and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Roivant sciences, a healthcare company focused on applying technology to drug development. He is regarded as being one of the most renowned entrepreneurs in the biotechnology sector.
Vivek Ramaswamy
Ben Melkman
Ben Melkman is the founder and chief investment officer of Light Sky Macro, a US based private hedge fund with $2.11bn in assets under management. Light Sky Macro follows a global macro strategy.
Victor Khosla
Victor Khosla is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Strategic Value Partners ("SVP Global"), a global investment firm focused on distressed debt and private equity opportunities with $10 Billion in assets under management.
Marco De Benedetti
Marco Benedetti is a Managing Director and co-head of Carlyle's European Buyout Group, an international asset management company and of the largest private equity funds globally. He is particularly focused on the telecommunications and brand consumer goods sector. He is most well known for choosing the career path of the buyout business instead of a family empire and making his own success.