general partner

also referred to as: general partners · gps

5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2025 by Alan Waxman · across every show →

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Jul 15, 2025
Insight
General partners fail by scaling fund sizes beyond actual market opportunity sets
“Where people get into trouble as they raise larger and larger funds in a strategy that maybe it's the right time to raise a larger fund, but maybe it's not. It just, it, what's the opportunity set? So they kept raising larger and larger funds”
Alan Waxman Jul 15, 2025 ▶ 38:34 The Investment Firm That Can 'Do Anything' | Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman · Invest Like The Best
Jul 15, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sovereign wealth funds face rising competition from retail wealth for top GPs
“And by the way, I think for some of the traditional sovereign wealth funds in, in, in pension funds, you know, they've had sort of unfettered access to GPs. And I think that they've got more competition coming in from the wealth channel and insurance channel.”
Alan Waxman Jul 15, 2025 ▶ 1:04:22 The Investment Firm That Can 'Do Anything' | Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman · Invest Like The Best
Nov 25, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Escobari: General Atlantic competes against 19,000 GPs
“Unfortunately, we compete against 19,000 GPs.”
Martin Escobari Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 56:28 Inside General Atlantic: How a $100B Growth Equity Firm Invests · Invest Like The Best
Jun 23, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Barbalat: Liberty Mutual Investments hires GPs and operators over traditional LPs
“We operate much more like a GP in that way. And frankly, look to hire people that come from GPs or operators rather than just a traditional LP background.”
Vlad Barbalat Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 40:58 Investing a $120 Billion Balance Sheet with No Outside Investors · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kim: Very few limited partners are compensated on fund returns
“The dirty secret to the relationship is that very few, some do, very few limited partners are actually Compensated on the returns that the general partner makes.”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 8:07 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
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