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Eric Brooks

6 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 1, 2026 by Eric Brooks · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jun 1, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
David Swensen and Julian Robertson backed Brooks's 1990s Eastern Europe fund
“It was a magnificent, exciting, terrifying period of time where I had the opportunity to work with David Swenson, Julian Robertson, and Andrew Golden, who were investors in our fund at the time”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 11:46 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Jun 1, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Every Ethos Capital partner was known to founders for a decade
“Every partner at Ethos is somebody that Fadi or I have known for at least a decade.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 28:31 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Jun 1, 2026
Disclosure
Ethos exits when the projected forward one-year IRR falls below base case
“Exiting for us is driven by what do we think the incremental rate of return is on owning the business for another year? If it's below our base case, then we should probably sell it.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 58:41 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Jun 1, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Ethos Capital structures its partnership around deep specialization, not generalists
“What we've done at Ethos is we've recognized that not everybody has to ultimately be great at everything and each deep and a mile wide. What we've done is created an organization of people that in some ways are an inch wide and a mile deep. Recognizing that no…”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 33:51 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Jun 1, 2026
Insight
Holding a portfolio asset equals choosing to buy it at current valuation
“If you own something, then you are choosing to buy it at the price that you are carrying it. You should be thinking about everything that you own through that lens.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 58:09 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Jun 1, 2026
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Financial impact of PE operational interventions takes two to three years
“We put so much work into these companies that I would tell you that the real evidence of financial performance doesn't really show up for probably two or three years.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 58:18 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
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