Masters in Business

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz looks at the people and ideas that shape markets, investing and business.

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Charity Dean on the Lessons...

07.30.2021

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with public-health expert Dr. Charity Dean, who as a health official in California was among the first Americans to recognize the grave threat posed by Covid-19. Her story is recounted in Michael Lewis's latest ...

Masters in Business episodes:

07.30.2021 Charity Dean on the Lessons of Covid-19 (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with public-health expert Dr. Charity Dean, who as a health official in California was among the first Americans to recognize the grave threat posed by Covid-19. Her story is recounted in Michael Lewis's latest ...
07.19.2021 Brian Deese on Unleashing Competition (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council under President Joe Biden, about the administration's plans to challenge anti-competitive forces across the economy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
07.16.2021 Mat Ishbia on Leadership and Mortgage Lending Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Mat Ishbia, the chief executive officer of United Wholesale Mortgage, which is the top wholesale lender and No. 2 overall mortgage lender in the United States. The 9,000-person firm went public in the ...
07.09.2021 Christine Hurtsellers on the Business of Trust (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Christine Hurtsellers, the chief executive officer of Voya Investment Management LLC. The firm manages approximately $252 billion in assets across fixed income, senior loans, equities, multi-asset strategies and solutions, private equity, and real ...
07.02.2021 Steven Romick on Portfolio Investments (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Steven Romick of First Pacific Advisors, which manages approximately $28 billion. Romick is a managing partner and portfolio manager at FPA; prior to joining the firm in 1996, he was chairman of Crescent ...
06.25.2021 Joe Moglia on Going From Football to Wall Street (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Joe Moglia, who began his career as a football coach before moving into business and has more than 20 years of experience in each field. He is currently chairman of Fundamental Global Investors, ...
06.18.2021 Robert Cialdini on the Psychology of Influence (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Robert Cialdini, whose bestselling books include "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" and "Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade." A professor emeritus of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University, he ...
06.11.2021 Brad Stone on Big Tech Companies (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Brad Stone, author of the just-published “Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire” and senior executive editor for technology at Bloomberg News. Stone is also the author of the ...
06.04.2021 Harin de Silva on Portfolio Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Harindra (Harin) de Silva, a portfolio manager and team lead for the Analytic Investors team at Wells Fargo Asset Management, which has $603 billion in assets under management. He was previously a principal ...
05.28.2021 Carson Block on the Short-Selling Market (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Carson Block, who is the chief investment officer of Muddy Waters Capital LLC, an activist investment firm with $261 million in assets under management. Block was featured in the book "The Most Dangerous ...
05.21.2021 Scott Sperling on Innovative Investment Strategies (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Scott Sperling, who is co-CEO of private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), and a member of the firm’s management and investment committees. He previously spent more than a decade as managing ...
05.14.2021 Daniel Kahneman on Behavioral Economics (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with behavioral economics expert Daniel Kahneman, who wrote the bestselling book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" and won the Nobel Prize in economics. Kahneman is a professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton ...
05.04.2021 Michael Lewis on White House Pandemic Planning (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Michael Lewis, who is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. His books include “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,” “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” “Liar’s Poker” and “The Fifth Risk.” He also ...
04.30.2021 Jonathan Miller on the Real Estate Industry (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm he co-founded in 1986. He is a state-certified real estate appraiser in New York and Connecticut who ...
04.26.2021 Jack Brennan on Succeeding the Legendary John Bogle (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jack Brennan, chairman emeritus and senior adviser at The Vanguard Group, which as one of the world’s largest investment companies has more than $6 trillion in assets under management. Brennan joined Vanguard in ...
04.16.2021 Robert Arnott on Global Asset Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Robert Arnott, the founder and chairman of the board of Research Affiliates LLC. Arnott plays an active role in the firm’s research, portfolio management, product innovation, business strategy and client-facing activities. As of ...
04.09.2021 John Schlifske on the Legacy of Northwestern Mutual (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with John Schlifske, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer at Northwestern Mutual. He rose through the ranks after having joined the company in 1987 as an investment specialist. Northwestern Mutual has more ...
04.01.2021 Shirl Penney on Building a $100 Billion RIA Platform (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Shirl Penney, who is the founder of Dynasty Financial Partners, a leading integrated platform services company for independent wealth-management advisory firms. Penney currently serves as Dynasty's president and CEO and is a member ...
03.26.2021 Gary Chropuvka on Financial Engineering (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Gary Chropuvka, who recently joined the quantitative asset management firm WorldQuant as president. He was previously the co-head of the quantitative investment strategies team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Learn more about your ...
03.19.2021 Bill Gurley on Entrepreneurs and Technology (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with legendary venture-capital investor Bill Gurley, who has spent more than 15 years as a general partner at Benchmark Capital. Prior his work in venture capital, Gurley spent four years on Wall Street as ...
03.12.2021 Jeff Immelt on Crisis Management and Leadership (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jeff Immelt, who is a venture partner at the global venture capital and private equity firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Prior to joining NEA in 2018, Jeff was the ninth chairman of GE ...
03.05.2021 William J. Bernstein on Crowd Behavior (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with the financial theorist and retired neurologist William J. Bernstein, who co-founded the investment management firm Efficient Frontier Advisors and has written several books on finance and economic history. His titles include “The Birth ...
02.26.2021 Jean Hynes, Wellington’s Incoming CEO (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jean Hynes, Wellington’s incoming CEO, on rising through the ranks, managing one of the world’s largest asset managers, and investing in health care in the days of Covid. She manages the $51 billion ...
02.19.2021 Doug Braunstein on Investment Banking (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Doug Braunstein, founder and managing partner at Hudson Executive Capital, which has underwritten several successful SPAC offerings and manages $1.6 billion in assets. Braunstein previously held several roles at JPMorgan Chase — including ...
02.12.2021 Ben Inker on Value and Asset Allocation (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Ben Inker, the head of asset allocation at GMO, which manages about $60 billion in assets. In his nearly three decades at GMO, Inker has served as an analyst for the quantitative equity ...
02.05.2021 Kevin Landis on Technology Investments (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Kevin Landis, who is CEO and chief investment officer of Firsthand Capital Management. Landis founded Firsthand in 1994 and has since become one of the nation's best-known technology investors. He has been making ...
01.29.2021 Ron Baron on Investing in Tesla and SpaceX (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with legendary investor Ron Baron, who is the chairman, CEO and portfolio manager at Baron Funds. He founded Baron Capital Management and Baron Capital Inc. in 1982, and boasts more than a half century ...
01.22.2021 Andrew Beer on the Hedge Fund Industry (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Andrew Beer, who serves as the managing member at Dynamic Beta investments LLC (formerly branded Beachhead Capital Management) and is co-portfolio manager of the firm's investment strategies. Beer has more than 25 years ...
01.15.2021 Adam Karr on Contrarian Investing Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Adam Karr, a portfolio manager at Orbis Investment Management and head of the firm’s U.S. division. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
01.08.2021 Sébastien Page on Smart Asset Allocation Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Sébastien Page, author of 2020's "Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know About Asset Allocation" and head of T. Rowe Price's multi-asset division, which manages $363.5 billion. Page is also a member ...
12.31.2020 Dave Welling on What Financial Services Should Look Like Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dave Welling, CEO of Mercer Advisors, a Denver-based RIA that manages more than $21 billion. Welling's nontraditional career path involves experience in consulting, private equity and technology, which has given him a unique ...
12.26.2020 Jeff Poggi on the Art and Science of High-End Audio Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Jeff Poggi, co-CEO of McIntosh Group, the legendary manufacturer of premium audio equipment. Despite the pandemic, the company has notched its best year for sales in its 70-year history. Prior to joining McIntosh ...
12.18.2020 Tom Slater on Growth Investing (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Tom Slater, who is head of the U.S. equities team and a decision maker on long-term global growth portfolios at the U.K.-based investment firm Baillie Gifford. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
12.11.2020 Mike Swell on Global Fixed Income Investors (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Mike Swell, co-head of global fixed income portfolio management at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), where he is responsible for co-leading the global team of portfolio managers that oversee multi-sector portfolios. He joined ...
12.03.2020 Catherine Keating on Wealth Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Catherine Keating, the chief executive officer of BNY Mellon Wealth Management and a member of the BNY Mellon Executive Committee, the company’s most senior leadership group. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Keating was ...
11.25.2020 Greg Fleming on Shaping Wall Street (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Greg Fleming, who is the president and CEO of Rockefeller Capital Management. Prior to leading Rockefeller Capital Management, Fleming was the president of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Learn ...
11.19.2020 Dennis Lynch on Global Portfolio Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dennis Lynch, who is the head of Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1998 and has 26 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, he ...
11.13.2020 Penny Pennington on Wealth Management (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Penny Pennington, who is the managing partner of Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 financial services firm. She began her Edward Jones career in 2000 as a financial adviser in Livonia, Michigan. Penny is ...
11.06.2020 Adam S. Posen on the Need for Fiscal Stimulus (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Adam S. Posen, who has been president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics since January 2013. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to research and public policy regarding monetary ...
10.30.2020 Mario Giannini on the Art of Investing (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Mario Giannini, who is the CEO of private markets firm Hamilton Lane, one of the few publicly traded PE shops. The firm oversees more than $500 billion in privately invested assets, with $68 ...
10.22.2020 Ray Dalio on the Decline of Real Interest Rates (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Ray Dalio, who is the founder, co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Dalio is known for his practical yet unconventional understanding of economics, which he spells ...
10.14.2020 Lisa Cook on Gender and Race in Economics (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Lisa Cook, a professor in the department of economics and in international relations at Michigan State University. As the first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, she received a second B.A. from Oxford ...
10.09.2020 Joel Greenblatt on Relative Value Investing (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Joel Greenblatt, who serves as managing principal and co-chief investment officer of Gotham Asset Management. Greenblatt is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches value and special situation investing, ...
10.02.2020 Dave Portnoy on the Business of Sports Media (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dave Portnoy, who founded the blog Barstool Sports in 2003 and has since built it into a sports media powerhouse. The company was recently valued at $450 million. Learn more about your ad-choices ...
09.25.2020 Pedro Earp on the Business of Beer (Podcast) Boomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Pedro Earp, the chief marketing officer of international brewing powerhouse AB InBev. Earp also leads AB InBev's incubator and venture-capital arm, ZX Ventures. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
09.18.2020 Doug DeMuro on the Business of Reviewing Cars (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with high-profile car critic Doug DeMuro, whose YouTube channel has more than 3 million subscribers. In addition to creating videos, DeMuro has written for Autotrader, Jalopnik, GQ and The Week, and has appeared as ...
09.11.2020 Will Danoff on Innovation and Investments (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Will Danoff, who is the Contrafund portfolio manager at Fidelity. During his nearly 30-year tenure, the Fidelity Contrafund has outperformed the S&P 500 in 100% of rolling 10-year time periods. The Fidelity Contrafund ...
09.04.2020 Morgan Housel on the Culture of Finance (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Morgan Housel, who is a partner at Collaborative Fund and author of the new book "The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed and Happiness." A former columnist at The Motley Fool ...
08.28.2020 Salim Ramji on ESG Investing (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with BlackRock Senior Managing Director Salim Ramji, who is global head of iShares and index investments (the total AUM is over $4 trillion) and a member of the firm’s global executive committee. Ramji was ...
08.21.2020 Mandell Crawley on the Private Wealth Business (Podcast) Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Mandell Crawley, who is Morgan Stanley's head of private and international wealth management. Crawley also co-leads the institutional client coverage group, and is a member of the firm’s management committee, global wealth management ...

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Masters in Business episodes:

Charity Dean on the Lessons of Covid-19 (Podcast)

Brian Deese on Unleashing Competition (Podcast)

Mat Ishbia on Leadership and Mortgage Lending

Christine Hurtsellers on the Business of Trust (Podcast)

Steven Romick on Portfolio Investments (Podcast)

Joe Moglia on Going From Football to Wall Street (Podcast)

Robert Cialdini on the Psychology of Influence (Podcast)

Brad Stone on Big Tech Companies (Podcast)

Harin de Silva on Portfolio Management (Podcast)

Carson Block on the Short-Selling Market (Podcast)

Scott Sperling on Innovative Investment Strategies (Podcast)

Daniel Kahneman on Behavioral Economics (Podcast)

Michael Lewis on White House Pandemic Planning (Podcast)

Jonathan Miller on the Real Estate Industry (Podcast)

Jack Brennan on Succeeding the Legendary John Bogle (Podcast)

Robert Arnott on Global Asset Management (Podcast)

John Schlifske on the Legacy of Northwestern Mutual (Podcast)

Shirl Penney on Building a $100 Billion RIA Platform (Podcast)

Gary Chropuvka on Financial Engineering (Podcast)

Bill Gurley on Entrepreneurs and Technology (Podcast)

Jeff Immelt on Crisis Management and Leadership (Podcast)

William J. Bernstein on Crowd Behavior (Podcast)

Jean Hynes, Wellington’s Incoming CEO (Podcast)

Doug Braunstein on Investment Banking (Podcast)

Ben Inker on Value and Asset Allocation (Podcast)

Kevin Landis on Technology Investments (Podcast)

Ron Baron on Investing in Tesla and SpaceX (Podcast)

Andrew Beer on the Hedge Fund Industry (Podcast)

Adam Karr on Contrarian Investing

Sébastien Page on Smart Asset Allocation

Dave Welling on What Financial Services Should Look Like

Jeff Poggi on the Art and Science of High-End Audio

Tom Slater on Growth Investing (Podcast)

Mike Swell on Global Fixed Income Investors (Podcast)

Catherine Keating on Wealth Management (Podcast)

Greg Fleming on Shaping Wall Street (Podcast)

Dennis Lynch on Global Portfolio Management (Podcast)

Penny Pennington on Wealth Management (Podcast)

Adam S. Posen on the Need for Fiscal Stimulus (Podcast)

Mario Giannini on the Art of Investing (Podcast)

Ray Dalio on the Decline of Real Interest Rates (Podcast)

Lisa Cook on Gender and Race in Economics (Podcast)

Joel Greenblatt on Relative Value Investing (Podcast)

Dave Portnoy on the Business of Sports Media (Podcast)

Pedro Earp on the Business of Beer (Podcast)

Doug DeMuro on the Business of Reviewing Cars (Podcast)

Will Danoff on Innovation and Investments (Podcast)

Morgan Housel on the Culture of Finance (Podcast)

Salim Ramji on ESG Investing (Podcast)

Mandell Crawley on the Private Wealth Business (Podcast)

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