private equity/banking background

Here are some notable individuals with backgrounds in private equity or banking:

1. Mads Palsvig

   • Title: Former Investment Banker and Activist
   • Experience: Credit Suisse First Boston, Barclays Bank, Morgan Stanley, specializing in trading government bonds and derivatives.
   • Current Focus: Studying, politics, and activism, particularly criticizing the financial industry.
   • Doc Malik

2. Joan Solotar

   • Title: Global Head of Private Wealth Solutions at Blackstone
   • Experience: Previously Head of Equity Research at Bank of America Securities; Institutional Investor All Star financial services analyst at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
   • Masters in Business

3. Blythe Masters

   • Title: Private Equity Executive and Fintech Pioneer
   • Experience: 27-year tenure at JPMorgan Chase; developed the credit default swap.
   • Current Role: Founding Partner of Motive Partners.
   • Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

4. Josh Lerner

   • Title: Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard
   • Expertise: Venture capital, private equity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

5. Matthew Bradley

   • Title: Investor at Forward Partners
   • Experience: Career in Sales, Structuring and Trading at investment banks, retail, and security tech start-ups.
   • Education: BA in Economics and Politics, MBA from SDA Bocconi.
   • 20VC

6. Austin Mascorro

   • Title: Private Banker
   • Personal Note: Successfully adopted an intermittent fasting lifestyle.
   • Intermittent Fasting Stories

7. Joanna Rupp

   • Title: AVP and Managing Director, Private Equity at the University of Chicago
   • Experience: 20 years in endowments and pension funds.
   • Origins - A podcast about the LP and VC ecosystem.

8. Joseph Baratta

   • Title: Global Head of Private Equity, Blackstone
   • Experience: Joined Blackstone in 1998, serving on the board of directors, management committee, and various investment committees.
   • Masters in Business