Dan Rasmussen's Verdad Advisors interview was the most downloaded in 2020
Ted Seides · Ted Seides - Capital Allocators Year in Review (Capital Allocators, EP.170) · Dec 28, 2020 · at 19:52
Ted Seides reveals the top downloaded episode of the Capital Allocators podcast for the 2020 year.
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“And the most downloaded show of 2020, it was first meeting episode 15, Dan Rasmussen, Private Equity Risk and Public Equity Opportunity at Verdad Advisors.”
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