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Introduction
Patrick
My guest today is Ricky Sandler, founder of Eminence Capital. Ricky's a hedge fund veteran managing over $8 billion of assets across Eminence's strategies. We cover Ricky's evolution as an active investor, why he thinks this is a stock picker environment, and what keeps him competitive after a long and successful career. Please enjoy my conversation with Ricky Sandler.
Leadership in Great Investment Firms
Patrick
Do you think that most great investment firms can or should be led by a single investor?
Ricky
Patrick, thanks. Great to be here with you, and I believe that the answer to that is yes. I believe that somebody needs to be CIO, needs to own it. He or she needs to have really strong lieutenants who have a ton of responsibility, who can deploy capital. So it doesn't mean he's the only one deploying capital, but I think at the end of the day, management by committee is dangerous. I do believe that a single CIO structure is important, how that all fits into someone who could be chairman or the CIO, but you need accountability at the top to set kind of direction.