C.T. Fitzpatrick
The Steward
Legacy, values and the long now, leadership as care and continuity.
C.T. Fitzpatrick emerges in this interview as a quintessential Steward, someone who has built Vulcan Value Partners around the disciplined preservation and compounding of value over generations. Fitzpatrick frames every decision through the lens of protecting capital and sustaining competitive advantage, insisting on value stability as the bedrock of the firm's dual discipline.
“We follow principles, not rules. Principles are unchanging, but rules are too constricting. They're too narrow.”
explaining Vulcan's investment philosophyundated
“We love to see stock price volatility because we know our values are inherently stable. When a lot of people are panicking and the headlines are scary, we're like kids in a candy store.”
describing temperament during market stressundated
“This year will be the year that we had better value growth in our portfolios than in any year in our firm's history. Strong value growth with a demonstrated discount. I don't really care what happens to the US market.”
responding to US market overvaluation concernsundated
Money Maze Podcast: “US Equities: Overvalued and Over-Allocated? With C.T. Fitzpatrick, Founder and CEO of Vulcan Value Partners”
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