Danny Lee, Partner, Blue Pool Capital "Private Equity: humble beginnings, achieving success and paying it forward"

My guest for today's podcast is Danny Lee who is a Partner at Blue Pool Capital, one of the most highly regarded investment firms in the business.  As a private equity investor, Danny has seen and experienced it all, building an awesome career that many of us would be envious about.

 

Danny talks about his early days after moving to New York from China at the age of 13, attending Brooklyn Tech, a highly competitive magnet high school and his decision to attend Columbia College.  We then turn to his formative years at Lehman Brothers in investment banking before his move to Hong Kong and eventual jump to private equity where he has spent the past 20+ years working for top firms including Investor AB, Bain Capital and now Blue Pool Capital.

 

I enjoyed this conversation not only because Danny is a friend and an accomplished investor, but also because Danny's story has come full circle from being a beneficiary of a major scholarship while at Columbia to endowing his own scholarship at Columbia 30 years later.  Note to audience, although you may not be able to hear it on the podcast, I think "the tear" may have made its first appearance on the podcast!  Without further ado, here is my conversation with Danny Lee.