Carl Ferenbach – From parachutes to private equity, the beautiful seasons of life

December 20, 2023 00:59:49
Carl Ferenbach – From parachutes to private equity, the beautiful seasons of life
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Carl Ferenbach – From parachutes to private equity, the beautiful seasons of life

Dec 20 2023 | 00:59:49

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Show Notes

Carl is a co-founder of the well-known private equity firm Berkshire Partners, which currently has over $16B in assets under management. Additionally, Carl is a co-founder of the High Meadows Foundation with his wife Judy, and was the Chairman of the Environmental Defense Fund. Carl shares his journey from watching his father work in the family textiles business, which made parachutes during WWII, to building two organizations from infancy into powerhouses, all with an eye towards collaboration and a commitment to core values.

 

 

Leave something for BTO community: Collaboration, and the humility to enable it, has been a key to his success and something that is powerful in aligning teams to achieve success.  

Ask something of BTO community: Climate is a significant issue, but will take collaboration and collective action. To make meaningful continued progress, we need to be empathetic to alternatives views and work together towards a solution.

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