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

This week on the podcast, I know I say it every week, but I have an extra special guest.

His name is Doug Brunstein.

You may recognize the name from his years at JP Morgan Chase, where he not only served

as chief financial officer, but he was also head of investment banking, global M&A, a

member of JP Morgan's Executive Committee.

Doug is currently founder and managing partner of Hudson Executive Capital.

They are, for lack of a better word, an investment firm, private equity firm, a little bit

of an activist firm.

They manage about $1.6 billion, and they have recently become quite the active SPAC

underwriter.

Their first SPAC did really well.

This is up about 28% or so.

They are second SPAC lunch last year, and their third SPAC is coming out shortly.

Doug has just a unique background in the world of finance and M&A, an incredible network.

He's from First Boston to Merrill Lynch to more recently JP Morgan Chase, just an incredible

network of people and contacts and company executives and finance people, gives him just

a unique perch to look out at the world of what companies are attractively priced,

where can mid-size companies find a way to obtain capital to turn around their fortunes,

and how does the SPAC structure work in those areas, really just a master class on the intersection

of corporate finance and company management and how to produce value for shareholders.

I found this to be absolutely fascinating, wonky, and informative, and I think you will

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