Leadership Is Earned, Not Anointed | Michel Del Buono (a16z Perennial)

Today, we're going in depth with Michel Del Buono. Michel is the chief investment officer of a16z Perennial. With a career spent leading investment strategy, he brings global knowledge and innovative thinking to help make sense of complex markets. In this episode you’ll learn: Why you don’t need to over-engineer your career How wealth is a much more complicated optimization problem Why it’s important to broaden your aperture Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:41 - The Investor Who Fixes His Own Air Conditioner 03:20 - How Living Across Continents Shaped His Thinking 05:15 - The Renegade Quant 09:26 - Why You Don’t Need a Master Plan 10:57 - What the E&F World Taught Him About Choosing People 13:05 - The Multidisciplinary Challenge of Wealth Management 16:45 - The Mistake That Changed How He Builds Teams 19:22 - Recruiting Teams: Looking for the Player/Coach 23:45 - Inside a16z Perennial’s Investment Philosophy 28:08 - How AI Will Transform Wealth Management 30:10 - Work Ethic Rapid Fire Questions — Just a heads up: this podcast is for information purposes only. Read more about Work Ethic and subscribe to our newsletter https://ethic.com/work Connect with Ethic on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ethic) Find out more about Michel and a16z Perennial (​​https://a16z.com/author/michel-del-buono/) Connect with Michel on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdelbuono/)