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From Bold Idea to Multi-Billion-Dollar Exit

It pairs a founder's account of building an advisor-facing platform with the perspective of an early backer, which is the rare version of the story told from both sides of the table. The closing discussion of the Vanguard acquisition gives advisors a view of how consolidation among the platforms they run on is being framed by the people involved.

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A conversation between the founder who built Altruist and the investor who backed the company early on, tracing the path from an initial idea to a multi-billion-dollar exit. The discussion covers the decisions, setbacks and inflection points along the way, and closes on what the acquisition by Vanguard means for advisors and the future of wealth management.

  1. The episode features Altruist's founder alongside the investor who backed the company before anyone else.
  2. The two discuss the decisions, setbacks and inflection points that shaped the company's growth.
  3. The conversation addresses what the acquisition by Vanguard means for advisors and for wealth management more broadly.
  4. The framing is a founder-and-investor retrospective on building a company in the wealth management industry.

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