What really drives exceptional returns in private equity—the financial model, the asset itself, or the people responsible for executing the strategy?
In this episode, Dave Wolcott sits down with Scott Estill, Managing Partner at Lancor and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, to explore how private equity is evolving and why exceptional operators can be one of the biggest differentiators in creating value. They discuss executive-led investing, evaluating management teams, the growing role of AI, human leadership, intellectual curiosity, and why leveraging your accumulated experience may be one of the most powerful ways to accelerate your wealth trajectory.
What You'll Learn
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Why operational execution and management teams can be critical drivers of value creation in private equity
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What investors should look for when evaluating operators, leadership teams, and private equity opportunities
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How AI may change business execution while making human judgment, leadership, and relationships even more important
Scott Estill is Managing Partner at Lancor and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches around private equity, M&A, and value creation. His career includes 17 years in investment banking along with extensive experience working with private equity firms and executives to identify, execute, and invest in opportunities.
This episode covers private equity investing, private markets, mergers and acquisitions, M&A strategy, operational execution, executive leadership, management teams, value creation, private equity due diligence, human capital, executive-led investing, intellectual curiosity, AI in private equity, independent board directors, enterprise value, business growth, wealth strategy, and alternative investments.
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