4.8 • 806 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Ted Sides, and this is Capital Allocators. |
0:10.1 | This show is an open exploration of the people and process behind capital allocation. |
0:16.3 | Through conversations with leaders in the money game, we learn how these holders of the keys to the |
0:21.7 | kingdom allocate their time and their capital. You can keep up to date by visiting capital |
0:27.4 | allocatorspodcast.com. Today's show is a preview of a mini-series coming in a few months, |
0:36.5 | where I'll be speaking with some of the |
0:38.3 | preeminent leaders in private equity to learn more about what the continuing insatiable |
0:43.7 | interest in the asset class is all about. My guest is Paul Salem, a senior managing |
0:49.9 | director emeritus at Providence Equity. Providence is a premier private equity and asset management |
0:55.8 | firm focused on media, communications, education, software, and services with $49 billion in |
1:03.8 | asset commitments. Paul joined Providence when it was a $171 million media-focused boutique in 1992 and became an integral part of the firm's |
1:14.5 | growth and success ever since until retiring a year ago. |
1:19.3 | Paul considers himself the luckiest guy in the world, which you can hear more about in a |
1:24.0 | TED talk he delivered a few years ago. |
1:27.2 | Our conversation covers Paul's entry to the business, the benefits of specialization, |
1:32.7 | Providence's nice guy advantage, and the development of the firm over three decades. |
1:38.5 | We then turn to the competitive landscape for deals, value of operating partners, evolution |
1:44.1 | of private equity, advice for |
1:46.2 | allocators in the space, and life after stepping away from the business. Please enjoy my conversation |
1:53.1 | with Paul Salem and stay tuned for the mini series of Masters in Private Equity. |
2:00.5 | Please enjoy my conversation with Paul Salem and stay tuned for the mini-series, |
2:06.7 | Private Equity Masters. |
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