Personable

Sharon Marcil, Managing Director, Senior Partner and North America Chair of Boston Consulting Group, formerly BCG's Chief Marketing Officer, Board Member of Duke University, named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants by Consulting Magazine, former Goldman Sachs mergers and acquisitions professional, Harvard MBA and Duke economics graduate, joins Personable to reveal why getting the right...

Scott Bok, former CEO and Chairman of Greenhill, former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, senior business advisor to Mizuho, author of Surviving Wall Street, Wharton and Penn Law graduate, and former Chair of the UPenn Board of Trustees, joins Personable to reveal how he scaled from lawyer to CEO of one of Wall Street's most respected independent advisory firms, what it really takes to build a...

Michael Dempsey, Managing Partner at Compound, former analyst at Crane Partners and CB Insights, NYU graduate, and one of the most respected research driven investors in frontier technology, joins Personable to reveal how he has 5X every fund he has ever run, why he wrote the first check into Runway ML before anyone knew what it was, and how sitting out the biggest bull run in venture history in 2...

Kirk McKeown, former Head of Proprietary Research at Point72, former Head of Proprietary Research at Glenview Capital, analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation and Hunter Global Advisors, co-founder of Carbon Arc, and holder of degrees from Harvard and MIT, joins Personable to reveal what it actually takes to reach the top of Wall Street, why he never picked a single stock in his entire career, and...

Rob Carver, former Head of Fixed Income at AHL Man Group, independent systematic futures trader, visiting lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, research advisor to Stylus Capital, and author of Systematic Trading, Smart Portfolios and Leveraged Trading, joins Personable to reveal how AHL made a billion dollars in a single day during the 2008 financial crisis without changing a single line o...

Joseph Mezrich, founder of Metafoura, former Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Equity Research at Nomura, former Managing Director and Head of US Quantitative and Derivatives Research at UBS, former Head of Quantitative Strategies at Morgan Stanley, former Deputy Head of Equity Portfolio Analytics at Salomon Brothers, and holder of a PhD in Mathematical Psychology and degrees from Michiga...

Alex Monahan, former quantitative trader at Susquehanna International Group, Stanford graduate, and founder of OddsJam, joins Personable to reveal how he walked away from one of the most prestigious quant firms in the world, turned a sports betting edge into the Bloomberg Terminal for sports betting, and sold it for $160M at just 28 years old. In this episode, Alex opens up about what SIG taught h...

Emmet Savage, Chief Investor and Co-Founder of MyWallSt, joins Personable to reveal the common set of rules he discovered after the dot com crash wiped him out, how he went on to generate returns of 57,000% on Netflix and 250 fold on Tesla, and why the six golden rules shared by every great investor in history are embarrassingly simple and almost nobody follows them. In this episode, Emmet opens u...

John Fareed, Global Chairman of Horwath HTL, former professional magician, former Marine, and author of From Invisible to Icon, joins Personable to reveal how he went from growing up on food stamps in a small town in Georgia to advising some of the wealthiest individuals on the planet, why being interested will always beat being interesting, and what three completely different careers taught him a...

Dave Kitson, former Premier League striker with over 400 professional appearances, anonymous author behind The Secret Footballer, the groundbreaking Guardian column and bestselling books that exposed the realities of elite football, twice named Reading Player of the Year, 5.5 million pound club record signing for Stoke City, and now motivational speaker and manager of Maidenhead United Women, join...

Lauren Barnwell, content creator with over 500,000 followers across platforms, filmmaker, former junior and senior class president, state championship volleyball player, and one of the fastest sprinters in her school's history, joins Personable to reveal why most people never reach their potential, how she built a massive audience from a small town where nobody believed in her, and why the only re...

Rachel Carrell, Founder and CEO of Koru Kids, Rhodes Scholar, DPhil from Oxford, former McKinsey consultant, and mother of three, joins Personable to reveal how having a baby exposed a broken childcare system, why she raised £600k before hiring a single engineer, and what it really takes to build a business that keeps five million hours of children safe. In this episode, Rachel opens up about leav...

Luke Knight, co-founder and co-host of ETN, former private client executive at Rockpool Investments, former private client associate at Fisher Investments UK, and University of Nottingham graduate, joins Personable to discuss the rise of new media, entrepreneurship, and why narrative is everything in business. In this episode, Luke explains why he left finance to build ETN full time at 23 years ol...

Ed Tiryakian, NIL insider, Duke University and Fuqua School of Business graduate, former Managing Director at Paine Webber and UBS, Chairman of Legends Sports Group, Managing Director at PE firm Argentum Group, and advisor to NBA and NFL athletes, joins Personable to reveal why NIL has become the biggest financial mess in the history of college sports, what the University of Utah's $500 million pr...

Annanay Kapila, former HFT quant at Flow Traders and Tower Research Capital, Cambridge Mathematics graduate, and founder of QFEX, joins Personable to reveal why he walked away from one of the highest paying jobs in finance, what the trading world does not want you to know about how your money is being handled, and why tenacity will always beat talent in the long run. In this episode, Annanay opens...

Seth Yakatan, Co-Founder of Katan Associates International, serial entrepreneur who has raised over $1 billion and sold 22 businesses, and one of the most distinctive voices in cannabis and capital markets on LinkedIn, joins Personable to challenge everything you think you know about entrepreneurship, raising money, and what success actually looks like. In this episode, Seth reflects on growing up...

Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School, PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and former investment banker at Morgan Stanley, joins Personable to challenge everything you think you know about business, universities, and how to think clearly in a world full of misleading data. In this episode, Alex reflects on losing his father to cancer, being the first in his family to attend...

Send a text Rick Schonberg, Head of Prime at Coinbase and former executive at Goldman Sachs, State Street, LCH, and Tagomi, joins Personable to unpack how crypto becomes institutional, what trust really means in modern finance, and why careers rarely follow a straight line. In this episode, Rick reflects on graduating into a recession with no job, being fired twice, and how serendipity shaped a ca...

Send a text Nick Jenkins, founder of Moonpig and former Dragon’s Den investor, joins Personable to unpack the darkest moments behind building Moonpig, how close the business came to failure, and what it really takes to keep going after a major exit. In this episode, Nick reflects on his early career trading commodities in post Soviet Russia, the unlikely origins of Moonpig, and the period when eve...

Send a text Robert Karas, Chief Investment Officer at Bank Gutmann with over 30 years of investing experience, joins Personable to unpack why investors panic, how emotions quietly destroy returns, and what long term success in markets actually requires. In this episode, Robert shares lessons from living through bubbles, crashes, and severe drawdowns, explaining why investor behavior matters more t...

Send a text Tintin Smith, YouTuber, former Head of YouTube for Ali Abdaal, and founder of the $100K YouTuber Academy, joins Personable to unpack what it really takes to build a sustainable business on YouTube, from audience quality and monetisation to systems, consistency, and long-term thinking. In this episode, Tintin explains how he transitioned from consulting into the creator economy, what he...

Send a text Lia Forcina, Partner and Portfolio Manager at LGR Capital, joins Personable to unpack what is really driving global markets in 2025 and beyond, from geopolitics and government spending to gold, energy, and shifting capital flows. In this episode, Lia explains why markets began the year pricing a Goldilocks scenario, how geopolitical tensions are quietly reshaping risk premiums, and why...

Send a text Keith Gill, Chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee and Sun Belt Conference Commissioner, joins Personable for a candid discussion on how March Madness is decided and what happens when those decisions ignite national controversy. In this episode, Keith addresses the backlash surrounding UNC’s inclusion in the tournament and explains how the committee manages conflicts o...

Send a text Stephen Shih joins Personable for a wide ranging conversation on consulting, academia, AI, leadership development, ethics, and preparing the next generation of executives for an increasingly complex world. Stephen is the Associate Dean at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a former Bain partner, and former Executive Vice President of Learning and Development. He has li...

Send a text Ismail Radwan returns to Personable for a wide ranging conversation on global economics, jobs, AI, geopolitics, and the future of growth. Ismail is a Lead Economist at the World Bank focusing on the GCC and the broader MENAP region. He previously served as Senior Director for Economics and Investment Strategy at Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and spent over two decades at the Wo...