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Anthony Scaramucci – On lessons learned from FTX


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Nate Gee hosts Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, an alternative investment firm with a significant focus on digital assets.
In this episode, they cover:
- Anthony’s partnership with FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried
- What led to FTX’s 30% stake in SkyBridge, and takeaways from FTX’s collapse
- Risk-taking, facing criticism, and moving on from mistakes
- Insights from Anthony’s time as White House Communications Director
- Recent performance and the road ahead for SkyBridge
- Bitcoin, other digital assets, and the future of money
- Anthony’s macroeconomic and geopolitical concerns
- SkyBridge’s SALT Conferences
- And much more!
About SkyBridge
SkyBridge Capital is an alternative asset manager and investment advisor whose holdings include digital assets, public and private equity, and hedge funds. It was founded in 2005 by Anthony Scaramucci, also the founder and chairman of SALT, SkyBridge’s venture studio and networking forum covering public policy, finance, and technology.
About Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci is an investor and entrepreneur whose focus in recent years has included digital assets and related technology at SkyBridge Capital. Scaramucci has also worked in politics, most notably in a brief stint as the White House Communications Director for President Donald Trump in 2017. He was ranked among Cointelegraph’s most influential people in crypto and blockchain in 2022, and in 2016, he was listed among Worth Magazine's 100 most powerful people in global finance. Scaramucci has authored multiple books and speaks on CNBC, Bloomberg, and other media.
Before founding SkyBridge, Scaramucci sold his prior investment business, Oscar Capital Management, to Neuberger Berman in 2001. He began his career at Goldman Sachs and holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from Tufts University.
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