Sernovitz: Institutional CIOs Face Daily Self-Doubt From Unpredictable Manager Performance
Gary Sernovitz · Gary Sernovitz - Inside the CIO Seat (EP.357) · Dec 18, 2023 · at 14:28
Gary Sernovitz, Managing Director at Lime Rock Partners and author of The Counting House, discusses the core psychological challenge of being an institutional Chief Investment Officer.
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“I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who do the CIO job because every day you're relearning things that you thought that you had figured out about a manager disappointing you, manager surprising you, things you missed”
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