Kelly Granat

And at the time, the NCAA rules for tennis, I'm not sure if they've changed because now they're different, I feel like, for every sport, but coaches weren't allowed to call you until July 1st every junior summer. Right. And I'll date myself by saying that we had an answering machine with a cassette at the time. And so I didn't want to go to nationals that summer.

And at the time, the NCAA rules for tennis, I'm not sure if they've changed because now they're different, I feel like, for every sport, but coaches weren't allowed to call you until July 1st every junior summer. Right. And I'll date myself by saying that we had an answering machine with a cassette at the time. And so I didn't want to go to nationals that summer.

And I said to my mom, I'm just done. I don't want to go. I'm done with the sport. I can't play anymore. I don't want to do this. And she said, I've never made you do anything in your entire life. But I'm actually going to make you go. Because you've worked so hard for the last 10 years at this sport. And you've spent so much time and put so much of yourself into it. let it do something for you.

And I said to my mom, I'm just done. I don't want to go. I'm done with the sport. I can't play anymore. I don't want to do this. And she said, I've never made you do anything in your entire life. But I'm actually going to make you go. Because you've worked so hard for the last 10 years at this sport. And you've spent so much time and put so much of yourself into it. let it do something for you.

It's going to get you into college. And if you never want to play again, that's fine. But like, I'm going to make you go. And I went and I kicking and screaming, but I did, I went and I played and I got home from the tournaments and you know, our cassette tape was broken from all the coaches that had left messages for super exciting.

It's going to get you into college. And if you never want to play again, that's fine. But like, I'm going to make you go. And I went and I kicking and screaming, but I did, I went and I played and I got home from the tournaments and you know, our cassette tape was broken from all the coaches that had left messages for super exciting.

And then I literally did not pick up a tennis racket for my entire senior year of high school. Wow. I applied to Harvard early. I was lucky enough to get in. I got recruited. And I played basketball from my high school and softball from my high school because I love sports and I love to compete. And I went to college with a very different orientation, which was, we'll see how this goes, right?

And then I literally did not pick up a tennis racket for my entire senior year of high school. Wow. I applied to Harvard early. I was lucky enough to get in. I got recruited. And I played basketball from my high school and softball from my high school because I love sports and I love to compete. And I went to college with a very different orientation, which was, we'll see how this goes, right?

Like, I don't know how I'm going to play. I don't know how I'm going to feel. I don't know how being on a team is going to feel relative to being such an individual sport. And it's a great story for me about just seeing something different from an experience, which was it really became about the team. Like my freshman year, we were terrible. I played first singles. We were last in the Ivy League.

Like, I don't know how I'm going to play. I don't know how I'm going to feel. I don't know how being on a team is going to feel relative to being such an individual sport. And it's a great story for me about just seeing something different from an experience, which was it really became about the team. Like my freshman year, we were terrible. I played first singles. We were last in the Ivy League.

I lost most matches that I played. So as did we as a team. And it really became about rebuilding the team and the camaraderie of the people on it that provided me such like enjoyment and so much fun and such an important part of my college experience. And so tennis became for me something very different.

I lost most matches that I played. So as did we as a team. And it really became about rebuilding the team and the camaraderie of the people on it that provided me such like enjoyment and so much fun and such an important part of my college experience. And so tennis became for me something very different.

in college I didn't think was possible and so I saw the opportunity to reshape something for myself that was so seminal and it becomes so almost toxic by the time I was finishing high school to something that was such a gift of and some of my closest friends in the world came from that experience my best friend on the planet we met when we were seven she played at Yale I played at Harvard you know so there's so many things tennis has given me and has shown me so much about you

in college I didn't think was possible and so I saw the opportunity to reshape something for myself that was so seminal and it becomes so almost toxic by the time I was finishing high school to something that was such a gift of and some of my closest friends in the world came from that experience my best friend on the planet we met when we were seven she played at Yale I played at Harvard you know so there's so many things tennis has given me and has shown me so much about you

kind of the kind of person I want to be and taught me so many lessons about not just competing, but independence and hard work and all of the things that I would like to instill in my daughters come from that experience and then allowing it to become something else for me.

kind of the kind of person I want to be and taught me so many lessons about not just competing, but independence and hard work and all of the things that I would like to instill in my daughters come from that experience and then allowing it to become something else for me.

You know, it's funny, like I think it takes a while in this field to figure out if you're any good at it, right? And so in the first handful of years that I worked in public markets, I definitely got more things right than wrong, but I wouldn't say I came out of that feeling like I got this, right?

You know, it's funny, like I think it takes a while in this field to figure out if you're any good at it, right? And so in the first handful of years that I worked in public markets, I definitely got more things right than wrong, but I wouldn't say I came out of that feeling like I got this, right?

When I got to Lone Pine, I was super excited about being in a culture of excellence and a culture of research. That was really what drew me to the firm. And I knew Dave because we overlapped on a bunch of investments.

When I got to Lone Pine, I was super excited about being in a culture of excellence and a culture of research. That was really what drew me to the firm. And I knew Dave because we overlapped on a bunch of investments.