Join me in this conversation with Sean as he walks me through his path to Exeter from South America, and his years in Main Street, Crew, Soccer, Georgetown, Wall Street Private Equity, and now - an approach he’s pioneering called Philanthropic Private Equity at his firm Merton Capital Partners.
In this episode you’ll hear all about the Latin American connection to PEA in our era from Sean himself. Is he Guatemalan like it says in the Facebook (um, e-Book?). Is he an Argentine? Or is he from Colombia? He even has deep roots going back to the State of Maine. This is just one of the many topics we covered in our chat. We even talked about what we’d change or re-do if we could go back in time and do it all over again.
Remarkably, many prior episodes of this podcast also came up (Meghan Riordan Jarvis, Pat Gordon, Shana Harris), so this production seems to be hitting a tipping point where the content from one is invoked in another. That’s a sign of momentum. When I read the comments on the ‘92 WhatsApp as well, I’m encouraged that we’re on to something with this project. Not sure precisely what it is yet but could it be the need for an old, familiar community? Something about turning 50-ish? Or, as Sean put it, an opportunity to “lift the heart”? I’d love to hear what you think. To all the viewers and listeners out there, please shout out. Let us know what you think, and join us in the chat link below.
At the end, Sean made a few nominations for next guest. Listen to the end to hear that unveil. There’s so many fascinating people in our class, as Sean points out…so for those of you who were nominated, please reach out to me (or I’ll come get you…eventually) at vivek@alumnipod.com.
I hope you enjoy watching and/or listening. If you’re thinking of volunteering and/or coming onto the podcast, ping me :-)!
Cheers,
Veev
vivek@alumnipod.com
P.S.
In this episode, we talked about our friend Jon Horner ‘92 — one of the smartest, funniest, most talented, and sweetest guys you’d ever meet. He lived next dorm over in Wentworth and was a constant friend and X-C running partner. It’s very painful to recognize that we’re old enough to have lost good friends, even in our class. It almost doesn’t seem real. Didn’t feel like leaving this note in the body of the post, as it deserves all the reverence in the world. We miss him and remember him fondly.
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