Daniel C. Chung on Probability Theories for Investors

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Daniel C. Chung, who is chief executive officer and chief investment officer of the asset-management firm Alger. He is also portfolio manager of several Alger strategies, including the Spectra fund, which is worth $4.5 billion. Chung has nearly three decades of investment experience; prior to that, he attended Harvard Law School and Stanford University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

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0:00.0	What does it take to transform a company's mission into a movement?
0:04.6	I say it comes down to two things, math and magic.
0:08.4	I'm Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of I Heart Media.
0:11.4	On my podcast, Math and Magic, I sit down with the visionaries on the frontiers of marketing
0:17.0	to hear how they use data and creativity to bring big ideas to life.
0:22.0	We'll hear from business leaders like Susie Geary, CMO of Ford Motor Company.
0:27.0	We are at that moment when it all changes, and I think that a big part of the why we're at that moment
0:32.0	is because of the F-150 light name.
0:34.0	It changed everything.
0:36.0	Listen to Math and Magic on our very own free I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:45.0	This is Master's in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio.
0:51.0	This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest. His name is Dan Chung.
0:57.0	He has been with Alger Asset Management since 1994, where he started out in the e-commerce and technology sector as an analyst
1:07.0	before eventually becoming president, chief investment officer, and then CEO.
1:13.0	Dan Chung has been running that firm for quite a while with quite a tremendous track record.
1:21.0	The firm has $35.40 billion in assets.
1:24.0	In addition to the CEO and CIO roles, he also runs a couple of different portfolios to a greater claim.
1:32.0	Alger is best known as founded by Fred Alger.
1:37.0	We talk a little bit about various mentors, as well as what the firm's experience was in 9-11 and what they've done after that in terms of the room philanthropy.
1:47.0	They're a fairly unique growth firm that focuses on tech, healthcare, a variety of other things, specifically growth companies.
1:56.0	And we go over how they're managing through what is both a challenging but target rich period with great opportunities.
2:05.0	So with no further ado, my interview with Alger Management's Dan Chung.
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