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SABF SPEAKER
SERIES
Each
year the SABF brings in some of the most influential leaders in the
South Asian Community to share their experiences with the SOM student
body.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Tuesday,
May 1st, 11.30am, GM ROOM, – Mr. Gautam Prakash,
Founder and Managing Director, Monsoon Capital
 Gautam Prakash is founder and Managing Director of
Monsoon Capital, an alternative asset management firm dedicated to
India. The firm currently
manages Monsoon India Inflection Fund, a $1.4 billion hedge fund investing
in mid-market Indian companies using a private equity-like approach. Mr.
Prakash is actively involved in The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global
organization devoted to the advancement of entrepreneurship, primarily
among South Asians, where he served as President and Chairman of the Boston chapter
and member of the global Board of Trustees.
Mr. Prakash holds a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics
and Biochemistry and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University,
summa cum laude, with
Distinction in Economics.
Company Profile:
Monsoon Capital is an alternative
asset management firm dedicated to investing in India. The firm currently manages the
Monsoon India Inflection Fund which invests in high growth, mid-market
public companies in India. The
fund has $1.4 billion in assets (as of February 2008) and uses
fundamental research to select growth stocks, typically with $150
million - $2 billion market capitalizations, that are trading at
significant discounts to intrinsic value.
Mr.
Thomas Barry, Founder – Zephyr Management – Rescheduled
for Fall semester
Prior to founding Zephyr, Mr. Barry was President and CEO of Rockefeller & Co., the investment
management arm of the Rockefeller family, from 1983 to 1993.
Previously, Mr. Barry was employed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
from 1969 to 1982. Among other responsibilities, he was President of T.
Rowe Price New Horizons Funds, Inc., then the largest mutual fund
specializing in small capitalization companies. Mr. Barry received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1969 and an
undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1966 where he majored in
Latin American Studies. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Zephyr:
A global
private equity and marketable securities firm, Zephyr Management, L. P.
manages specialized investment funds in both the developed and
developing markets. Since 1994, Zephyr has sponsored sixteen funds with
approximately $1.3 billion in committed capital which are managed from
offices in New York, London, Bangalore, Mexico City, Johannesburg and
Accra. With a global network of partners, Zephyr is positioned to
identify sustainable secular growth changes which lead to attractive
investment opportunities for our investors.
While Zephyr’s focus is on the creation and
execution of innovative investment strategies, our operating style is
conservative. Managers are held strictly to their respective investment
mandates, tax considerations are an integral part of each strategy, and
investments are selected based on rigorous fundamental research. Today,
Zephyr manages investment funds in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and
Africa and we are actively researching new investment opportunities
around the world.
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