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Episode 428 A Father’s Call To Action
Invest Like The Best

Episode 428: A Father’s Call To Action

Invest Like The Best

Episode 428

A Father’s Call To Action

Dinakar Singh is the founder and CEO of Axon. We cover the story and inspiration behind Axon, what it means to deploy capital towards outcomes that matter, and why research into rare diseases is in need of a structural overhaul.

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best

(00:06:17) The Diagnosis and Initial Reactions

(00:07:29) Understanding SMA and the Scientific Challenge

(00:09:15) The Drive to Fund Research and Find a Cure

(00:14:10) Building a Virtual Company for Drug Development

(00:19:02) Breakthroughs and the First Approved Drugs

(00:24:16) Personal Reflections and the Impact of the Journey

(00:40:25) Challenges in the Biotech Industry and Future Hopes

(00:46:43) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done For Dinakar

A Father’s Call To Action

Introduction

Patrick
My guest today is Dinakar Singh. Dinakar is the founder and CEO of Axon, the family office successor to TPG-Axon, which was a successful global long-short hedge fund. We wanted to share his story on Father’s Day to honor the person and the dad that Dinakar is. He shares one of the most extraordinary stories at the intersection of finance and medicine that I’ve ever encountered.

This conversation explores the highest stakes investment themes; timing, concentrated conviction, exceptional team-building, and deploying resources towards outcomes that matter most. I want to let him tell the story of the remarkable journey that he’s been on, to cure a disease called SMA that so deeply affected his family. Please enjoy my conversation with Dinakar Singh.

Dinakar's Story

Patrick
So Dinakar, I'm so excited to tell your entire story. It's one of the most unique, moving and incredible stories I've encountered in investing and I guess in life more generally. I was thinking about how to ask about it to kick us off and maybe the appropriate way is just to ask you: why did you name your firm TPG-Axon?

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