Martín Escobari
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Martín Escobari reads as The Visionary because his investment philosophy rests on a conviction his peers have not yet reached: transformational returns live at the frontier, not the centre.
“It helps when you're specialized in a business model. So one of our power allies is investment management. And I'll tell you one long story to bring a power ally to life. In the mid-90s, we looked at the wealth management industry in the United States, and it was 80% concentrated in retail banks.”
“Investment professionals. We have 90 operators in the operating group. We have tech enabled sourcing. We meet 7,000 entrepreneurs every year to pick the best 25. So this is a scale game. We have the scale. And then we also have specialization. There are 16 strategies.”
“So, this is a topic my sister cares really a lot about. She's dedicated her life to it. She was most recently at the National Security Council focused on immigration. Yes, I was just in Dubai two weeks ago. It's a different Dubai.”
“Listen, I've had the pleasure of working with six great investors, the guys at 3G, some people at Advent, Steve, Dave, and Bill Ford at GA. And having sat in three different investment committees, there's a game I used to play. Which is every unique investor has a perspective that frames their worldview.”
Masters in Business: “Trends in Emerging Markets with Martín Escobari”
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