Rachleff: Yale's David Swensen Called Wealthfront The Best Asset Manager
Andy Rachleff · EP 498: $130M Raised Wealthfront Crosses 100,000 Investors, $4.4B in AUM with CEO Andy Rachleff · Dec 4, 2016 · at 4:10
Andy Rachleff, co-founder and CEO of Wealthfront, recounts legendary Yale endowment manager David Swensen's reaction to Wealthfront's automated investment platform.
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“He's been an investor in my two venture capital firms. And when he heard about Wealthfront, he said, you know, I think this is the best way to manage assets other than perhaps the top 10 endowments in the world.”
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