Atif Gilani
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 22 Jan
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There are so many thoughts that come to me.
One of those is our own evolution.
When we started the business, we were really deal guys and had really good training and experience putting deals together.
Over the last 15 years, we've elevated our role from just deal leaders to fund managers and from there to firm owners.
And what that means is that as we've studied different
models we have become good at not just doing a great deal at the deal level but delivering great fund products to the LPs where we are generating not just good deal returns but good gross returns and most importantly great net LP returns by recycling capital by using really innovative financial capitalization at the fund level so those things have resulted in very significant growth
in terms of the results that we've been able to produce.
So that evolution obviously continues.
And brand is something else that has had a pretty significant impact that 15 years ago, nobody knew who we were.
Today, thanks to all the transparency that third parties are bringing,
to our market through rankings and through a lot of benchmarking.
A lot of investors, not just here in the US, but globally are able to find us and raising capital has become a lot easier than it was 15 years ago.
Was that something that was difficult to cultivate?
There's a lot of learning that goes as you build a firm.
As investors, you take a lot of pride in putting together the best deal possible, the best financial structure, the best executive team, and doing both financial and operational engineering to get to a great outcome.
This is something we take so much pride in and that becomes a DNA.
But when you are building a firm, it's not about the best deals you do.
It's, again, delivering a great fund for the investors.
And that means not just doing your job well, but creating an environment for investors.
Talent to be our hiring.
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