Masters in Business

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.

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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 biggest SPAC ever. Ishbia is also the author of “Running the Corporate Offense: Lessons in Effective Leadership from the Bench to the Board Room.”

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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 assets, and also provides advisory services to individual and institutional investors. Hurtsellers also serves on Voya Financial Inc.’s executive committee.

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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 Management and a consulting security analyst for Kaplan, Nathan & Co. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and is a CFA charterholder.

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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, which he also co-founded; chairman of Capital Wealth Advisors; and chair of athletics at Coastal Carolina University, where he was previously head football coach and recipient of multiple Coach of the Year honors. He was also previously CEO and chairman of the board at TD Ameritrade.

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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 has conducted extensive research on the science of influence and is the founder of Influence At Work. 

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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 New York Times bestseller “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon,” and “The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley.”

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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 at Analysis Group Inc., and holds a doctorate in finance from the University of California, Irvine.

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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 Trade: How Short Sellers Uncover Fraud, Keep Markets Honest, and Make and Lose Billions" and the documentary "The China Hustle," and is the co-author of "Doing Business in China for Dummies."

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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 partner of the affiliate of Harvard Management Company that managed all alternative asset classes for Harvard University’s endowment fund. He has an MBA from Harvard University.

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