| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Recker: GE Capital's $5B insurance portfolio used fewer than 15 managers | Tim Recker | May 20, 2019 | — |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | ICMA saw $5B shift from equities to stable value post-2008 | Wayne Wicker | Mar 19, 2018 | — |
| $5B | “five billion dollars” | Therrien: CDPQ built a $5B external hedge fund platform in 3 years | Mario Therrien | Jun 19, 2017 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Feliciano: Clearlake invested $3B to $4B in credit over 3 months in 2020 | Jose Feliciano | Feb 13, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Black: WCM lost almost all its $4B AUM after five years underperforming | Paul Black | Dec 20, 2021 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | A CAZ partner firm turned a $2.5M Solana investment into over $4B | Christopher Zook | Dec 13, 2021 | — |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | The hospitality industry spends $4B annually on energy | Lauren Taylor Wolfe | Jul 2, 2020 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | The Golden State Warriors' valuation represents a 10x gain | Jon Wertheim | Jun 17, 2019 | Partly supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Acito: Pre-crisis $3 billion credit firms have grown into $30 billion platforms | Chris Acito | Dec 11, 2017 | Supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Monk: CalPERS paid $4B in private equity carry over five years | Ashby Monk | Oct 23, 2017 | Partly supported |
| $4B | “four billion dollars” | Elite VC Mega-Funds Trigger Copycat Fund Bloat Across the Industry | Chris Douvos | Jul 3, 2017 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Forman: Polymarket Facilitated Nearly $3 Billion on 2024 Presidential Election | Ben Forman | Apr 21, 2025 | Supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Miller: Global voluntary carbon market is $3B annually versus $1T IRA | Matt Miller | Oct 14, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Glidden: Emory Endowment Sold $3B in Coca-Cola Stock to Diversify | Jon Glidden | Nov 18, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Casdin: Human genome sequencing cost dropped from $3B in 2003 to $500 | Eli Casdin | Jul 15, 2021 | Supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | A-Rod Corp invested in Hims & Hers at $300M, reached $3B+ valuation | Alex Rodriguez | Jun 7, 2021 | Supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Housenbold: SoftBank met 600 global unicorns and invested in about 90 | Jeff Hausenbold | Mar 29, 2021 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Thome: WARF ran a $6B notional portfolio via 2x leverage | Carrie Thome | Oct 19, 2020 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Friedman: Micron Is Building a $3B Plant in Manassas Opportunity Zone | Manny Friedman | Mar 18, 2019 | Partly supported |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Bushey: Hedge fund AUM lacks the stability of private equity commitments | Tom Bushey | Dec 3, 2018 | — |
| $3B | “three billion dollars” | Lew: Ford liquidated $1.8B in tech distributions right before dot-com crash | Kim Lew | May 14, 2018 | — |
| $2.6B | “2.6 billion dollars” | Baran: InfoMart is probably worth $5B to $7B | David Baran | Feb 8, 2021 | — |
| $2.2B | “2.2 billion dollars” | The average Big Four sports franchise is valued around $2 billion | Ian Charles | Dec 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Lyon: Direct lenders now hold $2B per deal, competing with syndicated loans | David Lyon | Nov 17, 2025 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Arndt: Future Fund holds over $2B in venture exposure | Raphael Arndt | Sep 1, 2025 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Fink: SWIB's venture capital portfolio is about $2 billion | Anne-Marie Fink | Jun 3, 2024 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Dixon: Ethereum generated $2B in application fees over the last year | Chris Dixon | Apr 15, 2024 | Partly supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Zandiyeh: Kaspi generates $2B annual net income in Kazakhstan | Kiyan Zandiyeh | May 25, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Rodman: Mark Hart Ordered a $2B Greek CDS Trade on Day Three | Adam Rodman | Mar 27, 2023 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Wallace Foundation secured a $50M credit line for liquidity cushion | Tom Lenehan | Apr 18, 2022 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Rosenthal: Modern Treasury processed over $2 billion monthly in under four years | David Rosenthal | Jan 3, 2022 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | The average Big Four sports franchise is valued around $2 billion | Ian Charles | Dec 6, 2021 | Supported |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Boehly: Dodgers' $2B valuation was justified by investment-grade media rights | Todd Boehly | Nov 22, 2021 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Overlook pushed Taiwanese portfolio firm to underwrite $2B in offshore wind | Richard Lawrence | Jun 25, 2020 | — |
| $2B | “two billion dollars” | Moodgal: TT International AUM Surged From $2B to $8.5B in 18 Months | Rahul Moodgal | Feb 18, 2019 | Partly supported |
| $1.9B | “1.9 billion dollars” | Lew: Ford liquidated $1.8B in tech distributions right before dot-com crash | Kim Lew | May 14, 2018 | — |
| $1.8B | “1.8 billion dollars” | Lew: Ford liquidated $1.8B in tech distributions right before dot-com crash | Kim Lew | May 14, 2018 | — |
| $1.7B | “1.7 billion dollars” | Top six alt managers raised average $12B from wealth in 2024 | Michael Sidgmore | May 5, 2025 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Tepper: Financial exchange spent $500M on crypto platform, writing it down instantly | Jonathan Tepper | Mar 18, 2024 | — |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Ou: GroveStreet targets VC, growth equity, and sub-$1.5B buyout funds | Bruce Ou | Oct 30, 2023 | — |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Kirkland & Ellis reached $6B in revenue and $3.5B in profit | Jon Ballis | Oct 24, 2022 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Marshall: Hewlett Foundation team manages $10.5 billion with eight people | Ana Marshall | Oct 21, 2019 | Supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Moodgal: TT International AUM Surged From $2B to $8.5B in 18 Months | Rahul Moodgal | Feb 18, 2019 | Partly supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Carnegie Corporation's $3.5B endowment operates with zero capital inflows | Kim Lew | May 14, 2018 | — |
| $1.5B | “half a billion dollars” | Philip Morris invested $500 million annually into reduced-risk product research | Tom Russo | Jul 10, 2017 | Partly supported |
| $1.5B | “a half billion dollars” | Kochard: Endowment sweet spot is $4B-$5B to $15B-$20B in assets | Larry Kochard | Jun 12, 2017 | — |
| $1.4B | “1.4 billion dollars” | Dietrich Foundation received $1.4B in private distributions over ten years | Ed Grefenstette | Mar 24, 2025 | — |
| $1.4B | “1.4 billion dollars” | Scaramucci: SkyBridge grew Citi fund of funds from $1.4B to $14B | Anthony Scaramucci | Jul 9, 2018 | Supported |
| $1.2B | “1.2 billion dollars” | Sicilia: Hostplus committed $1.2B to VC, largest among Australian super funds | Sam Sicilia | Jul 1, 2019 | Supported |
| $1.2B | “1.2 billion dollars” | Moodgal: Alex Fortune's Black Sheep Raised $1.2B and Took $300M | Rahul Moodgal | Feb 18, 2019 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $1.2B | “1.2 billion dollars” | Schorr: Ben & Jerry's and Häagen-Dazs dominate with $1.2B combined sales | Dan Schorr | Jul 31, 2017 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Quadrangle Group raised a $1B initial fund primarily on Steve Rattner's reputation | Josh Steiner | May 18, 2026 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Sloane: GSP Scaled Burger King Franchise to 1,100 Units and $1B+ Exit | Alex Sloane | Apr 27, 2026 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Grantham Foundation may reach $1B in cumulative grants by end of 2026 | Jeremy Grantham | Mar 23, 2026 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | O'Connor: Regal Partners grew from A$1B in 2016 to A$21B | Brendan O'Connor | Feb 5, 2026 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Ted Seides: UBS Private Wealth Channel Has 230 Billion-Dollar Teams | Ted Seides | Dec 22, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Wolfe: Meta acquired CTRL-labs for slightly under $1 billion | Josh Wolfe | Dec 8, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Boucai: Newbrook manages about $1B across hedge fund and long-only strategies | Robert Bukai | Dec 4, 2025 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Kelly: 200,000 Private Companies Generate Between $10 Million and $1 Billion | Mike Kelly | Nov 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Kokko: AlphaSense Deployed Nearly $1B to Acquire Tegus | Jack Kokko | Sep 25, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Future Fund acquired $1B direct stakes in Melbourne and Perth airports | Raphael Arndt | Sep 1, 2025 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | MacArthur: Average PE transaction size has grown from $100M to $1B | Hugh MacArthur | Jun 23, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Forman: Polymarket Drives $500M to $1B Monthly Volume Across 75K Wallets | Ben Forman | Apr 21, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Reynolds: Very Few Venture Funds Over $1B Have Ever Returned 3x+ | Megan Reynolds | Mar 31, 2025 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Nesbitt: Cliffwater flagship fund exceeds $20B, offering $1B quarterly repurchase | Steve Nesbitt | Oct 7, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | HomeTap has deployed over $1B across 14,000 homeowners in 18 states | Jeff Glass | Nov 21, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Tremblant Reached Nearly $1 Billion AUM Within One Year | Brett Barakett | May 20, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Broadly syndicated loans comprise 90% of the CLO market | Shiloh Bates | Apr 11, 2024 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Jacobs is personally investing $900 million into his new distribution roll-up | Brad Jacobs | Feb 12, 2024 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Michelakis: Sub-$1B Market Cap Shorts Behave Like Survival Call Options | George Mikulakis | Jan 15, 2024 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Housel: Excessive VC Capital Broke Good Businesses by Forcing Unnatural Growth | Morgan Housel | Jan 1, 2024 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | MassMutual initially backed Antares Capital with $1 billion | Tim Lyne | Oct 26, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Fleetcor's CEO owns $1 billion of company stock after 20 years | Adam Karr | Sep 14, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Sacca: Speedera rejected $950M buyout before raising at $30M valuation | Chris Sacca | Jun 12, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Vulcan Value Partners scaled from $1B to $20B during Falbe's tenure | Jim Falbe | Jun 8, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lasry: Avenue caps fund size at $1B to avoid relying on leverage | Marc Lasry | May 15, 2023 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Davidson Kempner grew from $1B to $14B+ pre-GFC | Tony Yoseloff | May 8, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Wong: Around a dozen dedicated healthcare firms manage over $1B | Rod Wong | Apr 24, 2023 | Contradicted |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Boyd: Interstate Equities manages approximately $1 billion in West Coast apartments | Marshall Boyd | Feb 6, 2023 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Khajuria: Truly proprietary private equity deals over $1B do not exist | Sachin Khajuria | Dec 5, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Brosens: Goldman risk arb grew to nearly $1B in capital by 1987 | Frank Brosens | Nov 21, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Brosens: Goldman risk arb lost 4% ($40M) in 1987 crash with 70% cash | Frank Brosens | Nov 21, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Rees: Bain's $1B fund commitment sparked industry-wide GP skin-in-the-game standard | Michael Rees | Oct 31, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Electric Capital found raising a $1B fund easier than $10M | Avichal Garg | Aug 4, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Zell: Worth $1B in Forbes, struggling to make payroll two days later | Sam Zell | Jun 6, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Barber: Sub-$1B non-tech businesses cannot go public in modern markets | John Barber | May 19, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Sethi: Tribe Capital invested over $1 billion across 12 top positions | Arjun Sethi | Mar 14, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Wolfe: Lux Plans $20M–$25M Target for African Startup Investments in 2022 | Josh Wolfe | Feb 21, 2022 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Idealab raised $1 billion at the peak of the dot-com bubble | Bill Trenchard | Dec 9, 2021 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Boehly: Eldridge generated over $1 billion in earnings in 2020 | Todd Boehly | Nov 22, 2021 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Toomey: A large buyout fund in late 1990s was $1B | John Toomey | Jun 21, 2021 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Liow: Only 3% of $1B+ stocks compound at 20%+ over rolling decades | Yen Liow | Apr 12, 2021 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Paul: Market Makers Must Yield to Massive Counterparty Bets | Ari Paul | Mar 18, 2021 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Ari Paul: Uniswap generates 30 bps fees on over $1B daily volume | Ari Paul | Mar 18, 2021 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Grinnell turned $73 million in principal into a $1 billion endowment | Scott Wilson | Oct 5, 2020 | Partly supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Social Capital to run $500M-$1B best-ideas book over emerging managers | Chamath Palihapitiya | Dec 7, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Williams: Farmers Insurance had nearly 50 balance sheets and $1B in cash | Karyn Williams | Nov 9, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Trigg: WCM's AUM dropped from $4B to under $1B by 2010 | Mike Trigg | Nov 2, 2020 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Mega private equity funds cannot write $10M checks, requiring $200M minimums | Reuben Munger | Jul 6, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Renewable Resources Group deployed $1B equity deal-by-deal before commingled funds | Manny Citron | Jun 18, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Futch: Shingles vaccine generated nearly $1B in year one and $2B in year two | Clark Futch | Jun 1, 2020 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Jefferson returned $1B to investors, deliberately shrinking Hildene's AUM by 40% | Brett Jefferson | May 25, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Kraus: Alpha was easier to generate in the 1980s and 1990s | Peter Kraus | Feb 3, 2020 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Baumgartner: IAS's $1B size enables investing in esoteric niches | Mark Baumgartner | Nov 26, 2018 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Lux Capital passed on Cruise at $80M pre before GM's $1B acquisition | Josh Wolfe | Aug 20, 2018 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Wolfe: SoftBank-funded unicorn capital is 'dead' and trapped under their control | Josh Wolfe | Aug 20, 2018 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | James Aitken Declined a $1 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund Offer | James Aitken | Jun 25, 2018 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Billion-dollar allocator mandates structurally exclude hiring sub-billion AUM asset managers | Wayne Wicker | Mar 19, 2018 | — |
| $1B | “one billion dollars” | Seides: Early hedge fund founders lacked portfolio management training | Ted Seides | Dec 18, 2017 | — |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Schorr: Unprofitable CPG companies grossing $150M–$200M sell for $1B | Dan Schorr | Jul 31, 2017 | Supported |
| $1B | “a billion dollars” | Therrien: CDPQ holds individual single-position stakes exceeding $1 billion | Mario Therrien | Jun 19, 2017 | — |
| $1B | “one billion dollars” | Ellis: Yale Endowment grew 25x from $1B under David Swensen | Charlie Ellis | May 22, 2017 | Supported |
| $900M | “nine hundred million dollars” | Jacobs is personally investing $900 million into his new distribution roll-up | Brad Jacobs | Feb 12, 2024 | — |
| $900M | “nine hundred million dollars” | Moseley: Alaska's initial $900M oil lease dwarfed its $219M state budget | Steve Moseley | May 3, 2021 | Supported |
| $900M | “nine hundred million dollars” | Housenbold: SoftBank Vision Fund 1 averaged $900 million per investment | Jeff Hausenbold | Mar 29, 2021 | Supported |
| $850M | “eight hundred fifty million dollars” | Michalik: UnitedHealth Agreed to Buy Steward Physician Group for $850M | Chris and Rob Michalik | Nov 11, 2024 | Supported |
| $800M | “eight hundred million dollars” | The largest emerging market public multi-asset fund is only $800 million | Nick Rohatyn | Jan 22, 2026 | Partly supported |
| $700M | “seven hundred million dollars” | Mauboussin: Managing $70 Billion Is Far Harder Than Managing $7 Billion | Michael Mauboussin | Jan 8, 2018 | — |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Unitranche deal sizes grew from $300M in 2016 to multi-billion today | Tim Lyne | Oct 26, 2023 | Supported |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Housenbold: SoftBank made roughly $12 billion in profit on DoorDash | Jeff Hausenbold | Mar 29, 2021 | Partly supported |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Peters: One River Purchased Over $600M in Digital Assets | Eric Peters | Mar 8, 2021 | — |
| $600M | “six hundred million dollars” | Houston Astros' valuation rose from $600M to over $2B under Jim Crane | Ben Reiter | Nov 30, 2020 | Partly supported |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Ethos Capital equity check sizes range from $100M to $500M | Eric Brooks | Jun 1, 2026 | — |
| $500M | “Five hundred million dollars” | Cocke: A $10 billion endowment likely paid $500M in fees in 2021 | Chas Cocke | Nov 29, 2021 | — |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Brolin: Edenbrook caps raised institutional capital at $500M | John Brolin | Oct 7, 2021 | — |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Big League Advance Videotapes Contract Signings With 20-Question Comprehension Checks | Michael Schwimer | Oct 15, 2018 | — |
| $500M | “five hundred million dollars” | Fok: Internal management breakeven versus external fund managers is $400M to $500M | Kristian Fok | Aug 27, 2018 | — |
| $440M | “four hundred forty million dollars” | Formation 8 launched with a $50M anchor check from the LG family | Joe Lonsdale | Sep 30, 2019 | — |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Ou: GroveStreet backed American Industrial Partners at $400M before client handoff | Bruce Ou | Oct 30, 2023 | — |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Forman: Nexus Mutual holds $400M capital pool with $20M annual premiums | Ben Forman | Jun 20, 2022 | Partly supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | The cheapest decile of price-to-book stocks averages sub-$400M market cap | Dan Rasmussen | Feb 17, 2020 | Supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | US remittances to Honduras outpace official foreign aid by over 10x | Steve Kuhn | Feb 4, 2019 | Partly supported |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Wolfe: Lux Capital manages under $1.5B and raises $400M every two years | Josh Wolfe | Aug 20, 2018 | — |
| $400M | “four hundred million dollars” | Notre Dame's endowment grew from $400 million to over $12 billion | Scott Malpass | Sep 18, 2017 | Partly supported |
| $300M | “three hundred million dollars” | Asset managers benefit managing 10–15 large SMAs over 80 small ones | Tim Lyne | Oct 26, 2023 | — |
| $300M | “three hundred million dollars” | Zandiyeh: Pakistan venture funding surged to $300M in 2022 | Kiyan Zandiyeh | May 25, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $300M | “three hundred million dollars” | Wong: Biotechs launching sub-billion-dollar drugs face severe commercial funding challenges | Rod Wong | Apr 24, 2023 | — |
| $300M | “three hundred million dollars” | A-Rod Corp invested in Hims & Hers at $300M, reached $3B+ valuation | Alex Rodriguez | Jun 7, 2021 | Supported |
| $300M | “three hundred million dollars” | Mega private equity funds cannot write $10M checks, requiring $200M minimums | Reuben Munger | Jul 6, 2020 | — |
| $250M | “two hundred fifty million dollars” | Zandiyeh: Pakistan venture funding surged to $300M in 2022 | Kiyan Zandiyeh | May 25, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $250M | “two hundred fifty million dollars” | Girotto: Deploying $250M in Farmland Yearly Requires Paying Market Prices | Jay Girotto | Oct 14, 2019 | — |
| $245M | “two hundred forty five million dollars” | Kinderhook Signed $245M Deal in August 2024 for Stewardship Assets | Chris and Rob Michalik | Nov 11, 2024 | — |
| $220M | “two hundred twenty million dollars” | GSO and BlackRock received roughly $220 million for Caesars B-7 loan | Max Frumes | Aug 16, 2021 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Delta's Portable Alpha Strategy Generated $2.25B in Net Value Over Decade | Jon Glidden | Nov 18, 2024 | — |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Southeast Asia had only $200M in annual VC when Zalora launched | Magnus Grimeland | Feb 15, 2024 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Douvos: University deep tech works with small exits if ownership math is right | Chris Douvos | Feb 27, 2023 | — |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Connaughton: Bain Turned $7M Baker Hughes Carve-Out into $40M–$50M Profit | John Connaughton | Jun 28, 2021 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Johnson: 100% debt-financed Park Communications deal generated $200M profit on zero equity | Mark Johnson | May 6, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Martin: Wesleyan's $200M debt prevented endowment from matching Yale's illiquidity | Anne Martin | Dec 2, 2019 | — |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Black: WCM stayed under $200M AUM for its first 22 years | Paul Black | May 7, 2018 | Supported |
| $200M | “two hundred million dollars” | Black: WCM grew from $200M to $26B in AUM | Paul Black | May 7, 2018 | Supported |
| $150M | “one hundred fifty million dollars” | Futch: Royalty monetization transaction volume grew from $150M to $9B | Clark Futch | Jun 1, 2020 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Ethos Capital equity check sizes range from $100M to $500M | Eric Brooks | Jun 1, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Multi-managers are raising day-one external SMA tickets to $400 million | Derek Drummond | May 11, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Warrington: China's venture capital ecosystem lacks a solo capitalist and micro-fund market | Sean Warrington | Feb 23, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | MacDonald: SCS Financial's average client size is $100 million | Lane MacDonald | Jan 26, 2026 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | MacArthur: Average PE transaction size has grown from $100M to $1B | Hugh MacArthur | Jun 23, 2025 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Oros: Hightower expects at least $100M raised per NEPC private vehicle | Bob Oros | Jun 16, 2025 | Open |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Clarke notes direct lending was viewed as episodic, $50M mandates in 2017 | James Clark | May 15, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | McLean: CrownRock required only $100M of primary equity in total | Jay McLean | Jan 20, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Farber: Lime Rock funded CrownRock land buys by selling packages to MLPs | Jonathan Farber | Jan 20, 2025 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Glidden: Delta Pension Pays Over $100M Monthly in Benefits | Jon Glidden | Nov 18, 2024 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Operating partners invested $100M at full fees in Kinderhook's last two funds | Chris and Rob Michalik | Nov 11, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Ironclad Environmental Services generates over $100M in combined EBITDA | Rob Michalik | Nov 11, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Morehead: Baylor Held $100M in Cash and $80M in Long Volatility in 2019 | David Morehead | Apr 22, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Morehead: Baylor allocates between $250k and $100M across individual managers | David Morehead | Apr 22, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | One executive earned over $100 million under Jacobs's compensation structure | Brad Jacobs | Feb 12, 2024 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Jacobs is personally investing $900 million into his new distribution roll-up | Brad Jacobs | Feb 12, 2024 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Forman: Yale probably made $100 million redeveloping 717 Fifth Avenue | Alan Forman | Sep 25, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Amazon's final private round valuation was just $60 million | Michael Carmen | Aug 10, 2023 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Vulcan Value Partners capped inflows while raising $100M weekly at $10B AUM | Jim Falbe | Jun 8, 2023 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Marshall: Institutional secondary sales generally range between $100M and $300M | Ana Marshall | Dec 19, 2022 | Contradicted |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | David Swensen created the landmark $100M World Bank-IBM interest rate swap | Charlie Ellis | Dec 12, 2022 | Supported |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Brosens: Goldman risk arb grew to nearly $1B in capital by 1987 | Frank Brosens | Nov 21, 2022 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | McKeon: In 2018, Only One or Two Crypto Funds Exceeded $100M | Stephen McKeon | Jun 16, 2022 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Wallace Foundation secured a $50M credit line for liquidity cushion | Tom Lenehan | Apr 18, 2022 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Sethi: 90% of startups lack product-market fit, even after raising $100M | Arjun Sethi | Mar 14, 2022 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Hamed: CoVenture deploys close to $100M per month | Ali Hamed | Jan 31, 2022 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Hamed: Crossbeam's $25M Fund I deployed capital too quickly | Ali Hamed | Jan 31, 2022 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Cocke: Investure was the first institutional investor in Nomad Investment Partnership | Chas Cocke | Nov 29, 2021 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Rodriguez and Marc Lore took Archer Aviation from $100M to $3.6B IPO | Alex Rodriguez | Jun 7, 2021 | Supported |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Liow made his first $100M shorting the dot-com bust | Yen Liow | Apr 12, 2021 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Housenbold: SoftBank met 600 global unicorns and invested in about 90 | Jeff Hausenbold | Mar 29, 2021 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Trigg: WCM International Outperformed by 900 Bps Annually for Six Years | Mike Trigg | Nov 2, 2020 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Morgan Housel notes Bernie Madoff made millions legally before turning to fraud | Morgan Housel | Sep 7, 2020 | Supported |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Subsidized philanthropic capital leaves sustainable startups unprepared for commercial market discipline | Reuben Munger | Jul 6, 2020 | — |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Fontana: Google will never build AI solutions for niche vertical markets | Ash Fontana | Oct 28, 2019 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | The US Has Over 800 Seed Venture Capital Firms | Scott Kupor | Sep 2, 2019 | Supported |
| $100M | “hundred million dollars” | Novogratz: Goldman desk made hundreds of millions on 1997 Asian crisis | Mike Novogratz | Aug 12, 2019 | — |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Lydon: ROBO Global ETF grew from under $100M to $3B in one year | Tom Lydon | Jun 11, 2018 | Contradicted |
| $100M | “a hundred million dollars” | Public market investors routinely overestimate their own operational business competence | Chatri Sityodtong | Aug 21, 2017 | — |
| $80M | “80 million dollars” | Morehead: Baylor Held $100M in Cash and $80M in Long Volatility in 2019 | David Morehead | Apr 22, 2024 | — |
| $80M | “eighty million dollars” | Papa: Walmart's 1993 10TB Data Warehouse Cost $80M with 10,000 Disks | Steve Papa | Apr 4, 2022 | Contradicted |
| $80M | “eighty million dollars” | Singh: PAR grew recurring revenue from $12M to $80M in 30 months | Savneet Singh | Nov 1, 2021 | Supported |
| $80M | “eighty million dollars” | Rubenstein: Bill Simon made roughly $80M on $1M Gibson Greetings buyout | David Rubenstein | Jul 12, 2021 | Partly supported |
| $75M | “seventy-five million dollars” | McLean: CrownRock required only $100M of primary equity in total | Jay McLean | Jan 20, 2025 | Partly supported |
| $75M | “seventy five million dollars” | Schwartz: 3G paid $4B for Burger King at $450M EBITDA | Daniel Schwartz | May 6, 2024 | — |
| $75M | “seventy-five million dollars” | Page: I personally committed $75M to seed diverse investment talent | Marcia Page | Dec 11, 2023 | — |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | US Search burned $70 million in nine months after its IPO | Rick Heitzman | Nov 13, 2023 | Partly supported |
| $70M | “seventy million dollars” | Garfinkel: Michigan used $70M in tobacco money for healthcare startups | Jan Garfinkel | Sep 2, 2021 | Partly supported |
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