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Penn Talks: Private Equity, Career Building in Alternative Investments, and Start-Ups with John Crocker III of Addepar


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Mr. Crocker has spent more than 20 years in the alternative investments space, serving as a limited partner, general partner and placement advisor. In these roles he has committed capital to over 100 different funds, sponsored the establishment of new limited partnerships as a general partner and assisted in raising capital from institutional investors globally. As a limited partner, Mr. Crocker has served on the advisory boards of a number of private equity buyout and venture capital funds, including Thomas H. Lee Partners, Providence Equity Partners and Phoenix Capital Partners. Mr. Crocker was also the Co-founder and Co-Managing Partner at Matinicus LLC / Snowbridge LLC. Prior to this, Mr. Crocker was a Managing Director in Citi’s Private Funds Group, where he played a leading role in origination, project management and distribution. Prior to joining Citi in 2005, Mr. Crocker was a partner at Capital Z Investment Partners, a leading sponsor of alternative investment managers with $2.5 billion under management. Mr. Crocker built the alternative investment fund of funds business at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette for $200 million in assets under management in 1996 to over $6 billion in 2000. In these positions Mr. Crocker was involved in fundraising, product development, investment, client services and management of a team of professionals. Mr. Crocker began his career in management consulting at Bain & Co. Mr. Crocker graduated with honors from Harvard College and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Crocker was also a member of the Men’s Heavyweight and Lightweight Crew team while at Harvard.

Mr. Crocker is currently a Client Specialist for Venture Backed Series F start-up Addepar. Addepar is a software and data platform that helps financial managers to manage even the most complex investment portfolios.



In today's episode with John Crocker:


1. The Influence of John’s Harvard Experiences


2. The Influence Business School had on John


3. Transition from HBS to Career


4. Being an Private Equity and Alternative Investor


5. Working at Addepar


6.Personal Goals as Investor

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