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Wittenberg: Diverse-owned firms manage only 1.3% of $71T in AUM
“One of the things we see is that of the 71 trillion dollars of assets under management, this number is unbelievable. Only 1.3% are from diverse owned firms. 3.9% of mutual funds are diverse owned. 8.9% of hedge funds and 1.2% of real estate funds.”
Joel Wittenberg Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 33:00 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 4: Joel Wittenberg – A Prescription for the Future (Capital Allocators, EP.154)
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Wittenberg: McKinsey found diverse leadership yields 35% higher return likelihood
“There's a McKinsey study in 2015, and it showed that companies in the top quartile for racial diversity of leadership were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their national industry medians.”
Joel Wittenberg Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 33:26 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 4: Joel Wittenberg – A Prescription for the Future (Capital Allocators, EP.154)
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Wittenberg: Diverse companies see 19% higher revenue, 2.3x cash flow per employee
“So there's another one, a Harvard Business Review study that showed That diverse companies experience increased innovation, and it results in 19% higher revenue, 2.3 times cash flow per employee more.”
Joel Wittenberg Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 33:50 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 4: Joel Wittenberg – A Prescription for the Future (Capital Allocators, EP.154)
Assertion Partly supported
Wittenberg: Kellogg Foundation Investment Team Is Two-Thirds Racially Diverse
“I have Built a team that is two-thirds racially and ethnically diverse. If we include gender, where we're 75%, we don't include gender when we think about this.”
Joel Wittenberg Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 19:26 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 4: Joel Wittenberg – A Prescription for the Future (Capital Allocators, EP.154)
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