The Ledger

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David Swensen created the landmark $100M World Bank-IBM interest rate swap

“While he was at Salomon Brothers, he came up with a cockamamie idea that nobody had ever heard of. An interest rate swap, a hundred million dollars, principle, between the World Bank and IBM.”

Charlie Ellis Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 59:45 Charley Ellis - Figuring Out Investing and Vanguard (Capital Allocators, EP.286)

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute's committee included Yale's David Swensen

“Here we had a very select number, maybe three folks on the investment committee. Folks that, Ted, you know, and David Swenson, who was there from Yale. We had the CIO from General Motors and the former CIO at IBM.”

Wayne Wicker Mar 19, 2018 ▶ 17:30 Wayne Wicker - Managing for Millions who Matter (Capital Allocators, EP.44)

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