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Pension fund returns drove Lucent's corporate earnings in the 1990s
“I used to make the joke that Lucent was really a pension fund with a little bit of technology on the side, which is what drove the earnings of the company for that whole time, but nobody thought that joke was funny except for me, but it was actually pretty clo…”
Lucent headcount plunged from 150,000 to 8,000 during Chilton's tenure
“When I started at Lucent, there were a 150,000 employees, and when I left, there were 8000 employees.”
Andreas Halvorsen helped start Williams' portfolio, imparting Tiger's investing style
“Andreas Halvorsen was part of the committee that started this portfolio, and there are a lot of Williams people who have worked at Tiger or Tiger family firms, and so what that means for our portfolio today is there's kind of this fundamental bottom-up kind of…”
Williams College endowment supports over 50% of the operating budget
“Whereas at Williams, we support over 50% of the operating budget, so it's incredibly important, but there are like people I knew who retired and were relying on what we did every day.”
AT&T was among the first corporate pensions to back venture capital
“AT&T was one of the first corporate pension funds to invest in venture capital and private equity.”
Bill Simon, Andreas Halvorsen, and Paul Singer advised Williams College
“So the chair of that committee was Bill Simon, is famous for almost being the Republican governor of California. He's a wonderful person and a dear friend. So he chaired that and then people on the committee were like Andreas Halverson and Paul Singer and just…”
Williams College endowment grew from $1.5 billion to $3 billion
“You know, when I started, the pool was 1.5 billion, and now it's three billion over 14 years, and we've tried to keep the number of managers the same as when I started.”