The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Suyi Kim emerges as a Navigator archetype, guiding one of the world's largest private equity programs through complex geographic, regulatory, and macroeconomic terrain with disciplined precision. In this interview, Kim traces a career shaped by curiosity-driven decision-making rather than predetermined strategy, from Seoul to Stanford to Carlisle to CPP Investments.
“Private equity requires lots of groundwork, lots of feet on the ground to be able to make any transactions happen and then to be able to build the portfolios.”
explaining PE sourcing fundamentalsundated
“The level of curiosity that you have actually directly leads to the outcome that you could have in this asset class.”
on hiring and candidate qualitiesundated
“Be open to taking risks. You never know what the path may lead you to.”
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Money Maze Podcast: “Insights from CPP Investments: Canada’s Largest Global Pension Fund - With Suyi Kim”
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