Chris Laakko
If you aren’t in the habit of challenging assumptions, what are you really doing?”
Private wealth is ideally positioned to advance endeavors whose impact will resonate positively around the world. Capital can be deployed into a wide range of economically accretive ventures that could simultaneously promote improved environmental resilience, better conditions and outcomes for vulnerable populations, greater social equality, and more.
Capital can dictate terms; terms can absolutely emphasize and drive objective good for the planet.
We seek to invest in opportunities, ideas, and people that share our philosophical and values-informed vision. When placing a 5-, 10-, or 20-year bet, we want to be sure that we’re buying into a trajectory that we’ll be proud of all the way through.
Much of my personal travel is organized around a desire to see corners of the world that many other travelers don’t ordinarily target. I’m extremely fortunate to get to talk to and invest alongside some of the world’s most respected and established private investors, certainly, but I’m also grateful to be empowered to search farther afield in pursuit of extraordinarily exciting new teams and fresh ideas.
If you aren’t in the habit of challenging assumptions, what are you really doing?