Masters in Business

Barry speaks with Ron Shaich, co-founder of Au Bon Pain and founder and former chairman and CEO of Panera Bread. A key part of building that brand, today Shaich is a lead investor in Cava, Tatte, Life Alive and Level99, continuing a long and extensive career in the restaurant and fast casual business. He’s credited with defining the fast causal segment. Shaich makes his investments through Act III Holdings, a more than $1 billion evergreen investment vehicle. Shaich has twice been recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, selected as the 2018 Restaurant Leader of the Year and was presented the prestigious Nation’s Restaurant News Pioneer Award as one of the most significant contributors in the history of the restaurant business.

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 Is there an art to spending your own money? We spend a lot of time discussing earning and investing money, but how often do we really think deeply about spending it? Morgan Housel, author of the best-selling “Psychology of Money” (8 million copies sold worldwide), is the author of a new book, “The Art of Spending Money, Simple Choices for a Richer Life.” It arrives in October.   

Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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Terri Booker’s body burns with pain. She’s one of the 100,000 Americans living with sickle cell disease – a blood disorder that can cause severe pain, organ failure, and even premature death. The genetic condition came about to protect against malaria. Dr. William Hobbs leads clinical development for sickle cell disease at Vertex, and they are investigating multiple approaches to address the unmet needs that patients face. 

This episode of Targeting the Toughest Diseases is sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

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Barry speaks with John Montgomery, President, CEO, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Bridgeway Capital Management. His responsibilities include the firm’s strategic direction, investment management and risk oversight, portfolio management, and mentoring. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a BA in Philosophy from Swarthmore College, and graduate degrees from MIT and Harvard Business School. Later, as a student at Harvard, he investigated methods to apply modeling to portfolio management and began applying these methods to his own investments in 1985. John left the transportation industry in 1991 to perform full-time research on his investment models prior to launching Bridgeway in 1993.

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Barry speaks with bestselling author and financial journalist Michael Lewis, live, from the Landmark Theater in Port Washington, NY. The wide-ranging, 90-minute conversation covered the full arc of his career, from “Liar’s Poker” to this year’s “Who is Government.” The informative – and at times hilarious – conversation included his experiences turning Moneyball into a film (including on-set hijinks from Brad Pitt), how his career as a writer evolved, and what he is working on next. You DO NOT want to miss this fun, rollicking live episode of Masters in Business.

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Barry speaks with Karin Risi, who spent 27 years at Vanguard, the world’s 2nd largest asset manager. She has reported directly to the past four CEOs of VG. Risi formulated enterprise-level strategy, drove client and revenue growth, oversaw talent development, and influenced capital allocation for the $10 trillion investment firm serving 50 million investors globally.
Risi led the firm’s $2.5T AUM Personal Investor business from 2015 to 2020; she also helped to create and drive the firm’s growth in Personal Advisors, a group that currently manages 350 billion in client assets. She has also handled Corporate crisis comms, M&A, and strategic partnerships.

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What does it take to undertake a significant career change? How can you shift from a safe but unsatisfying job into one that you love?

William Bernstein, founder of Efficient Frontier Advisors, is both a neurologist and a professional investor. He is also the author of numerous books on investing and economic history, including “The Four Pillars of Investing” and “The Delusions of Crowds.”

Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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Barry speaks with Sander Gerber, Hudson Bay Capital CEO and CIO. Hudson Bay is a global, multi-strategy investment firm. 

In 2008, Mr. Gerber developed the Gerber Statistic, which was accepted as an innovation complementary to his own work by the late Dr. Harry Markowitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). The Gerber Statistic is utilized by Hudson Bay to identify the co-movement of financial assets, enabling early detection of concentration risks and insufficient diversification. 

Mr. Gerber began his investment career in 1991, as a member of the American Stock Exchange working as an equity options market maker. In 1997, he founded Gerber Asset Management to develop and engage in proprietary investment strategies. In late 2005, Mr. Gerber and Yoav Roth co-founded Hudson Bay Capital, which concentrates on generating positive returns while maintaining a focus on risk management and capital preservation.

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In this BONUS live edition of Masters in Business, Barry Ritholtz speaks with Harvey Schwartz. He's the CEO of the Carlyle Group. They talk about his New Jersey roots, how his mentors helped him grow on Wall Street and how geopolitics will play a critical role in investor fortunes. 

They speak at the Future Proof Miami conference on March 18, 2025. 

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Barry speaks with Jeffrey Becker, Chairman and CEO of Jennison Associates LLC. Prior to joining Jennison in 2016, Jeff served as the CEO of Voya Investment Management, formerly ING. He held various positions with ING including Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York and also serves as an Advisory Board member of Institutional Investor’s U.S. Institute. Additionally, he is Vice Chair of the AmeriCares Board of Directors, and Chair of the AmeriCares Free Clinics Board of Directors. On this episode, Barry and Jeff discuss his path through finance, managing risks in today's environment, and global trends and opportunities.

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