Jose Minaya
The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Jose Minaya is The Architect in the most literal sense, having explicitly reframed his own identity from investor to builder, locating purpose in assembling and integrating teams rather than individual dealmaking. Operating at BNY's extraordinary scale, touching one-fifth of global assets, he treats platform connectivity and the deployment of digital employees as design decisions.
“Clearly, look, and I think there was a little bit, I think I was challenged a little bit on that comment. There was a tremendous amount of concern with the tariffs and what would come. I had two thoughts there. One, understanding that I thought the current administration that we have about the carrot and the stick.”
“Yeah, so much that we used to talk about the concept of selling watches. I think that the world doesn't really, it's hard to sell watches now. People are looking for, they need, you know, our clients are getting more efficient. They need to scale their operations as well. And it's the idea of like, do I want to work with 150 managers?”
“Investment performance is obviously extremely important, but it's table stakes. Cost, we're all kind of basically at the bottom end of that curve for cost. So now it's more around what are the outcomes you're going to deliver to someone. Technology is a big component. It is the flexibility that you offer clients.”
“Yeah, that's exactly right. Meaning the longest role I've had in my career is the five years I was the CEO. Part of that, every three, four years, someone was giving me something else to build. I always say I get itchy.”
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