Ted Seides is the founder of Capital Allocators, a platform that includes podcasts, gatherings, education, and advisory. Mr. Seides launched the Capital Allocators podcast in 2017, which has since become widely recognized as the top institutional investing-focused podcast. In September 2024, Mr. Seides published “Private Equity Deals,” his third book, which includes a collection of case studies exploring the stories behind some of the most notable transactions in the private equity industry.

Mr. Seides previously worked under David Swensen at the Yale Investments Office, invested directly at three of Yale’s managers and co-founded and served as Co-CIO of Protégé Partners, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm that invested in and seeded small hedge funds.

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