The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Ethos Capital manages nearly $6B in AUM with just one deal team
“We have one deal team, which is a bit unusual in an organization that has almost six billion dollars of capital under management.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 36:32 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Assertion Supported
Ethos Capital completed zero investments in 2024
“In 20, 24, we didn't do a deal.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 41:54 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Assertion Supported
Ethos restructured Identity Digital debt to save the company $50M annually
“A SOFR plus six, 25 unit tranche deal that we're paying 10 and a half on into a securitized asset backed loan that we're going to pay a fixed 6.8% and save fifty million dollars a year. That's a complicated thing where you have to completely redesign the legal…”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 55:52 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Assertion Partly supported
David Swensen and Julian Robertson backed Brooks's 1990s Eastern Europe fund
“It was a magnificent, exciting, terrifying period of time where I had the opportunity to work with David Swenson, Julian Robertson, and Andrew Golden, who were investors in our fund at the time”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 11:46 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
Assertion Supported
Identity Digital is the world's largest owner of top-level domain names
“Identity Digital is the largest owner of what's called a top level domain name.”
Eric Brooks Jun 1, 2026 ▶ 46:43 Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)
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