Harvard University
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 13, 2017 by Steve Galbraith · said 206 times in 112 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Ted Seides (27), Lane MacDonald (12), Mike Choe (9), Carla Harris (8), Steve Kuhn (6), Paul Assaiante (6), Jim Dunn (6), Steve Galbraith (4)
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2026 23 mentions in 5 episodes 5 per episode
- Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
- Bobby Jain – Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund First Principles at Jain Global (EP.487)
- Ashby Monk – Total Portfolio Approach and the Future of Asset Owners (EP.480)
- Jeremy Grantham – Bubbles, Value Investing, and the Long Game at GMO (EP.493)
- Ryan Lovell – Chainlink: The Infrastructure Pipes for Multi-Chain Finance (EP.491)
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 16 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode
- Michael Choe - Atomization of Private Equity Decisions at Charlesbank (EP.432)
- Jon Madorsky – Navigating the Evolution of Private Equity Secondaries (EP.448)
- Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472)
- Dave Thornton – Unlocking Venture Access Through Stock Options at Vested (EP.469)
- Mason Morfit and Rob Hale – Quiet Activism at ValueAct (EP.462)
- Ed Grefenstette – Bold Allocations at The Dietrich Foundation (EP.437)
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 14 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- Magnus Grimeland – Day Zero Investing at Antler (EP.369)
- David Salem - Investment Wisdom from the Owner's Box (EP.409)
- Dan Tennebaum - The Case for India at India Capital (EP.387)
- David Morehead – Top Down Allocation at Baylor (EP.381)
- Matt Bank - "GEMs" of Risk, Asset Allocation, and Manager Selection (EP.419)
- Rob Small and Anil Seetharam - Public Equity Adjacent to Private Equity at Stockbridge (EP.397)
- Ben Hunt - The Stories that Drive Markets (EP.393)
- Alexis Ohanian – From Reddit to 776, a Technology Company that Deploys Venture Capital (EP.388)
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 19 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode
- Coach Paul Assaiante – Leading People to Greatness (Capital Allocators, EP.307)
- Amy Falls – From Bonds to Boards to Leading Northwestern (Capital Allocators, EP.316)
- Marcia Page – Corn Capitalist with a Velvet Hammer at Värde and MPowered (EP.355)
- Allison Thacker – Different Perspectives and Different Assets at Rice University (EP.348)
- Finny Kuruvilla – The Fourth Source of Alpha at Eventide (EP.343)
- Sonya Sawtell-Rickson – Total Portfolio Approach at Australian Superannuation HESTA (EP.342)
- Don Mullen –Single-Family Rentals at Pretium (Capital Allocators, EP.324)
- Matt Breitfelder – Optimizing Investment Performance through Human Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.323)
- 4 more episodes that year, every mention in 2023 →
2022 28 mentions in 16 episodes 2 per episode
- Carla Harris – Pearls of Career Wisdom (Capital Allocators, EP.267)
- Andy Acker - Empty Rooms: Investing in Biotech at Janus Henderson (Capital Allocators, EP.274)
- John Barber – The Art of Co-Investing at Cohesive Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.31)
- Steve Papa – Entrepreneur's Perspective on Venture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 13 (Capital Allocators, EP.244)
- Charley Ellis - Figuring Out Investing and Vanguard (Capital Allocators, EP.286)
- Frank Brosens – Culture and Partnership at Taconic Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.282)
- Melanie Pickett – Modern Technology in the Investment Office at Northern Trust (Capital Allocators, EP.281)
- Jack Sommers – Core Fixed Income at IR+M (Manager Meetings, EP.39)
- 8 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 16 mentions in 12 episodes 1 per episode
- Barry Sternlicht – Masterclass in Real Estate in a Post-COVID World (Capital Allocators, EP.216)
- Richard Tedlow - Charismatic Business Leadership (Capital Allocators, EP.222)
- Private Equity Master 2: John Connaughton – Bain Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.201)
- Satya Patel – Homebrew (Manager Meetings, EP.18)
- Savneet Singh – The Operator/Investor whose Software is Feeding the World (Capital Allocators, EP.220)
- Leda Braga – Systematica Investments (Manager Meetings, EP.10)
- Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap –Inside the Sausage Factory of the Caesar's Restructuring (Capital Allocators, EP.209)
- Private Equity Masters 4: David Rubenstein – Carlyle Group (Capital Allocators, EP.203)
- 4 more episodes that year, every mention in 2021 →
2020 17 mentions in 14 episodes 1 per episode
- Morgan Housel – The Psychology of Money (Capital Allocators, EP.155)
- Sustainable Investing 10: Hiro Mizuno – Changing the Game (Capital Allocators, EP.148)
- Daylian Cain – Master Class in Negotiations (Capital Allocators, EP.138)
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion 5: Daryn Dodson – Training and Action at Illumen Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.168)
- Joel Greenblatt – Common Sense for Value at Gotham Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.165)
- Annie Duke – How to Decide (Capital Allocators, EP.156)
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 1: Jacob Walthour – A Blueprint for Diversity (Capital Allocators, EP.151)
- Matthew Granade – Inside Data Science at Point72 (First Meeting, EP.22)
- 6 more episodes that year, every mention in 2020 →
2019 21 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
- Steve Kuhn – Life After Hedge Funds (Capital Allocators, EP.85)
- Chris Ailman – CalSTRS' Venerable CIO (Capital Allocators, EP.86)
- Jay Girotto – Farmland Opportunity (First Meeting, EP.10)
- David Druley – Structure into Action at Cambridge Associates (Capital Allocators, EP. 106)
- Anne Martin - Pulling the Oars as CIO of Wesleyan University (Capital Allocators, EP.114)
- Steve Rattner – Overseeing Michael Bloomberg's Family Office (Capital Allocators, EP.113)
- Michael Novogratz – Galaxy Digital (First Meeting, EP.06)
- Jon Wertheim – Sports and… (Capital Allocators, EP. 102)
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 22 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode
- Michael Schwimer – Moneyball as an Investment Strategy (Capital Allocators, EP.72)
- Steven Galbraith – In the Boardroom (Capital Allocators, EP.48)
- Bill Spitz – Seasoned Commodore (Capital Allocators, EP.37)
- Josh Wolfe – Seeing the Lux (Capital Allocators, EP.65)
- Michael Mauboussin – Active Challenges, Rational Decisions and Team Dynamics (Capital Allocators, EP.36)
- Brent Beshore - Micro Buyout Adventur.es (Capital Allocators, EP.79)
- Sarah Williamson – Focusing Capital on the Long-Term (Capital Allocators, EP.67)
- Roz Hewsenian –Helmsley Trust's Chief of People and Process (Capital Allocators, EP.63)
- 6 more episodes that year, every mention in 2018 →
2017 30 mentions in 13 episodes 2 per episode
- Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
- Kip McDaniel – CIO Whisperer (Capital Allocators, EP.20)
- André Perold – Academic Practitioner (Capital Allocators, EP.02)
- David Barrett – Searching for Leaders (Capital Allocators, EP.26)
- Larry Kochard – Endowment Professor (Capital Allocators, EP.11)
- Charley Ellis – Multiple Ways to Win (Capital Allocators, EP.08)
- Deep Dive into Hedge Funds (Capital Allocators, EP.34)
- Ellen Ellison – Playing to Your Strengths (Capital Allocators, EP.27)
- 5 more episodes that year, every mention in 2017 →
Everything said about Harvard University, oldest first
Apr 13, 2017 neutral
Nov 17, 2022 negative
Harvard, Stanford, and Yale endowments struggled with inadequate software and spreadsheets
“And so I would walk naively into Harvard or Stanford or Yale, these institutions that are so well-respected in the industry and doing amazing work, They were still struggling with their tool sets as well. No one had figured it out”
Feb 16, 2026 neutral
Jain: Institutional boards divide into diversification-focused risk managers versus concentrated investors
“As you get into these large organizations, there are two different ways of thinking. Some people are like risk managers. Let's diversify. And some people are concentration. Let's figure out where things are going to go and let's go there. It's no different tha…”