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Masters in Business

Ceres Partners CIO Brandon Zick on How Private Equity Invests in Farmland

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Barry speaks with Brandon Zick, Chief Investment Officer at Ceres Partners. They discuss how his private equity company invests in farmland, and  food, agriculture and water. They also discussed his path into finance from growing up on a farm, to studying finance and Japanese in college.

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This is Masters in Business with Barry Rittoltz on Bloomberg Radio.

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On the latest Masters in Business podcast, I sit down with Brandon Zick.

1:05.9

He is the chief investment officer at Saras Farmland Funds, a $2 billion firm that specifically invests in

1:14.4

farms. I know Brandon for a long time and I've watched this asset class grow. I thought this was

1:22.6

really a fascinating conversation. You just have no idea how complex and interesting farmland investing can be.

1:31.2

I thought this was fascinating and I think you will also.

1:33.8

With no further ado, my conversation with Saras Farms, Brandon Zick.

1:39.5

Thanks for having me, Barry.

1:40.5

Well, you and I know each other for a long time, and this is long overdue to have

1:45.5

this conversation, and the wisdom tree acquisition was the perfect excuse. We'll get to that

1:51.5

in a moment. I want to start with your background, which is kind of fascinating. You grew up on a

1:57.4

dairy and crop farm in northeastern Pennsylvania, how did that farming upbringing

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