If Yale were Socrates in the endowment approach world, MIT would be Plato. In Philosophy 101, we learned: Socrates believed in being...

“In simple terms, bubbles are booms that went bad. Not all booms are bad.” – Proessor Goetzmann GS’s Peter Oppenheimer published a very...

It was 2006, a very early day of my career when Fir Tree’s founder, Jeff Tennenbaum, gave us a “lecture” on SPAC. It was still a nascent...

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Type: Private Foundation Size: $7.8 bn (2019) Year of...

From Columbia Business School Yearbook of 1951, almost 70 years ago The Class of 2019… the very first batch of Z Club… completed their...

Trinity Church and grounds, image circa 1900's by the Detroit Photographic Company Most of our Chinese friends probably never heard of...

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: Hewlett Foundation Type: Private Charitable Foundation Size: $10.4 bn Year of Establishment:...

Dear friends, We are pleased to share Z Club’s latest quarterly letters and some exciting news. Generation Z Investment Club, or Z Club,...

By Star Magnolia's Analyst (Jiawei He) It is said that long ago, sailors carried sardines in a water tank to the port of Norway. Some of...

On Oct 13, I finally came back to China. I’m currently under the quarantine isolation at a hotel in Dalian. Right, not Shanghai, but...

Brandywine Creek Brandywine Trust Group, LLC, a multifamily office, which manages over $10 bn, is located within a few minute from the...

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: The Church Commissioners for England Type: Perpetual Endowment Size: $11.5 bn (£8.7bn) Year of...

Jiawei and Penny visited one of the largest pet trade show in China on August 21st. The exhibition was held at Shanghai Pudong Expo next...

Unfortunately, You Can’t Eat IRR Since inception through Sep 2016, Apollo Global, one of the prominent private equity firms with $312 bn...

Byte Cannot Dance Anymore? By Star Magnolia's Analyst (Jiawei He) If you were asked, one thing started in China and got blown up in the...

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: Lao Niu Foundation Type: Private Charitable Foundation Size: RMB 838 mm[1] Year of ...

Source: Karthik Raman on LinkedIn The Power of Narratives Amazon’s Jeff Bezos hates PowerPoint, or presentations, for a very good reason....

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: The Rockefeller Foundation Type: Private Charitable Foundation Size of Endowment: $4.8 bn Year...

The America Drift By Star Magnolia's Analysts (Penny Shen and Jiawei He) In the past few months, we witnessed the greatest volatility in...

Sustainable Philanthropy Case Study Name: MacArthur Foundation Type: Private Charitable Foundation Size: $7.2 bn Year of Establishment:...