The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Ilana Weinstein reads as The Architect because IDW Group is less a search firm than a designed structure. Twenty years of compounding conversations form a proprietary intelligence infrastructure her clients cannot replicate elsewhere. She does not fill roles reactively.
“Probably, yeah. I mean, I don't know the exact number, but that's the majority of funds just because in order to be. Think about it there aren't who else you know there's not that many other funds you can name that are multi managers right and in terms of multi-strats those would be funds like Davidson Kempner Goldentry Angela Gordon thes…”
“So they had gone to try to start dot com companies. And that wasn't my gig. I realized I didn't really, I'd learned a lot of BCG. I didn't want to be a management consultant as a career path. And I still was figuring out what do I want to do.”
“That is the only way we work. And I will tell you, we're doing a search right now where the founder was candid with me. He may not even end up hiring someone.”
“This is a client we've worked with for a long time. I came to him and I said to him there, I see an arb in the market right now. There's a universe of people who are really talented and are staying where they are not because they're happy, but because a better option doesn't exist.”
Masters in Business: “Ilana Weinstein on the War for Talent at Hedge Funds”
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