From Juilliard to $6B AUM: How a Musician Built One of Venture's Most Unconventional Endowments

Origins - A podcast about Limited Partners, created by Notation Capital by OpenLP from Sapphire Partners

May 13, 202600:44:06Business

What happens when a classically trained musician from Juilliard ends up managing a $6 billion endowment? Today's episode of Origins explores exactly that journey - and what it reveals about how the best institutional inv...

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