SALT Talks

Josh Harris is the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, one of the world’s largest alternative investment firms. Harris is also principal owner and managing partner of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, and also a general partner in Crystal Palace of the English Premier League.  Harris learned early on his career, during the 1990 financial crisis, how to identify opportun...

Afsaneh Beschloss is the founder and CEO of RockCreek, a women-founded leading investment firm investing globally with a focus on sustainability. Previously, she was a partner at the Carlyle Group, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the World Bank, and worked at Shell International and J.P. Morgan. Ms. Beschloss has advised governments, central banks, and regulatory agencies on global publi...

Jason Wilson of SALT-partner ETFMG, home of MJ which is the world’s largest cannabis ETF, hosted a virtual roundtable on the future of cannabis and its investing opportunities. Joined by Wilson are three leaders in the cannabis space: David Culver of Canopy Growth, Patrick Martin of Cozen O’Connor and Eric Huey of Platinum Advisors. The guests offer their perspectives as governmental cannabis regu...

Michèle Flournoy is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors. She was also the United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2009-2012 under President Obama, where she served as a principal advisor to Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. At the time of her confirmation, Michèle was the highest-ranking female official in the Pentagon. “We can’t afford to...

Sam Zell is the Founder & Chairman of Equity Group Investments, a private investment firm that invests in real estate markets. He is also the Chairman of four NYSE-listed companies: Equity Residential, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Equity Commonwealth and Covanta Holding Corporation. “Things are looking better than they did three months ago, but not good enough to be optimistic.” Sam anticipate...

Marc Lasry is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group, as well as the Co-Owner of the Milwaukee Bucks. Marc expressed confidence and optimism in the post-pandemic future.  “Companies are talking about hiring back over 50% of employees. With two-thirds of GDP being consumer spending, it will be much more difficult for the economy to recover with high unemploym...

Stephen K. Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, SC since 2010 after getting his political start at age 29 in Governor Jim Hodges cabinet. Michael D. Tubbs is the mayor of Stockton, CA and was the city’s youngest ever to hold the office at 26. Benjamin and Tubbs each represent their city’s first-ever African-American mayor.  Both mayors offer their thoughts on some of the most pressing issues around racial...

Philip Hammond is a UK Cabinet Minister and key member of the British Government for almost a decade. Leading four departments over nine years and rising to the second most powerful job in government, he is one of only three people to serve continuously in the UK cabinet from 2010 to 2019, serving under Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May.  In this conversation, Hammond explains his deci...

Three leaders in the structured credit space, Clayton DeGiacinto of Axonic Capital, TJ Durkin of Angelo Gordon and Chris Hentemann of 400 Capital to discuss the state of structured credit following the COVID-19 pandemic. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talks Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.  

Zach Carter is a Senior Reporter for HuffPost and the Author of The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes.  After reading Keynes’ The Economic Consequences of Peace, Zach realized there was more to the economy than dollars, deficits and numbers. Keynes presented social theory and the idea that a national economy could enable a broader social vision. ————————————————...

Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Sinovation Ventures, a leading venture capital firm. Before this, Dr. Lee held various leadership roles at Microsoft, SGI, Apple and most recently Google, where he was the president of their China business. “Artificial Intelligence has tremendous power to help humans do their jobs better. Yes, some ‘routine’ jobs can and may be replaced b...

Alex Denner is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Sarissa Capital Management, an activist firm investing in opportunities created by the unique dynamics of the healthcare sector. Alex also has a background in biomedical engineering. The estimated Net Worth of Alexander J Denner is at least $4.11 Billion dollars as of 26 February 2021. Alexander Denner owns over 1,350,000 units of Biogen...

Stephanie Kelton is a Stony Brook University professor of economics and author of the NYT-Best-Selling book The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy. Professor Kelton was also the former chief economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. In this conversation, Professor Kelton discusses many of the misconceptions around the national debt vs. more normativ...

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to The Obama Foundation and former Director, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs under the Obama Administration, joins SALT Talks after the murder of George Floyd to discuss social unrest in the United States. “Every Black family has conversations and lessons with their sons about how to deal with police when they encounter them.” Interactions...

Bob Diamond is the Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Merchant Capital, investing primarily in the Financial Services sector. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Bank. In this conversation, Bob discusses how to optimize business and financial performance, his experience in private equity, and investment management.  ————————————————————————— To lea...

Welcome to another episode of SALT Talks with host Anthony Scaramucci, and guests Karen Firestone of Aureus Asset Management, Keith Cardoza of Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, and Shannon Saccocia of Boston Private. In this conversation, the guests discuss their reaction to the pandemic-driven stock volatility, how the Federal Reserve and monetary policy will play a major role in driving investmen...

Steve Case, the CEO of Revolution, a Washington D.C.-based investment firm. He’s notably the Founder of AOL, where he focused mainly on marketing aspects for the company. In this conversation, Steve provides his insights on three important waves in history: the Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and Technology Revolution. What does a post-COVID economy look like? Broadly, Steve says c...

Sal Khan is the Founder of Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization that provides free online classes by way of video, as well as supplementary educational tools. The good news: the digital divide at schools has greatly been reduced. The bad news: 70% of kids who, when they go to community college, have to be remediated in some way, usually at the middle school level. Learning should no...

Chamath Palihapitiya is the CEO of Social Capital, Chairman of Virgin Galactic, and owner of the Golden State Warriors. Chamath believes there is a dispersion occurring in both the public and private markets between the “have’s” and the “have-nots.” The cycle of building a company and profiting from it is broken, as it now takes too long to see a profit. Politically, he believes there will be a ch...

David Rubenstein is the Founder & Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group. In this conversation, David takes us through his thoughts on the economy, private equity landscape and Carlyle’s positioning in the context of the current crisis. In many cases, people are not willing to go back to work unless there is a proven vaccine readily available. Corporations are realizing that they may not n...