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Private Equity Partner & Founding Member, Goldman Special Situations PE - David Horowitz

October 18, 2020 • Elevate Lab • Season 2 • Episode 2

Join the lates Elevate Live Session with the Pros with David Horowitz, Partner at Pine Island Capital. Prior to that, David spent 9+ years at Goldman Sachs, where he as a founding team member in Goldman's Special Situations Private Equity Group, then was Managing Director at Macquarie Private Equity.

Pine Island was founded by John Thain (ex-CEO of Merrill Lynch, ex-CEO of NY Stock Exchange, and 20+ year Goldman Executive), and has a very differentiated and unique approach to investing. Their investment strategy combines an experienced investment team with a group of deeply-connected and accomplished former senior government and military officials.

Elevate is the premier career platform for business & finance careers, partnering with top professionals & firms in the world to provide training, recruiting, networking and advice for business & finance careers.

2:00 - Intro & his Private Equity Journey / Expertise
8:00 - Trying a bunch of things early in your career vs. staying in one area / field / firm
11:00 - PE Job: Skills needed to be successful on the job as Associate & VP
17:00 - Large-cap / mega cap PE vs. Middle Market PE
20:30 - Different types of deal structures in PE: Control Investment vs. Minority vs. Structured Equity Investing & Other PE Structural Deal Dynamics
28:30 - Where are we in PE today - Trends & Outlook
33:00 - What led to your career acceleration?
35:30 - Investor Game: What do you look for in certain industries?
39:00 - Live Q&A by Audience: Rise of SPACS, Good Analyst vs. Great Analyst, Early Career Advice, Common Pitfalls of Investors, PE vs. HF vs. Other Investing Roles

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