How a PE Exec Forged a Path with Jay-Z, KKR Before Founding Her Own Firm
Grab Holdings had its first day of trading after completing its merger with Altimeter Growth Corp.
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Hi, it’s Melissa from the investing team in New York. I’m going to bring you some highlights from my conversation with a PE exec who used to work for Jay-Z, break down Grab’s first day of trading and recap a SPAC deal with an omicron travel angle.
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In her early years in finance, Vania Schlogel felt the isolation of being a gay woman of color in the industry. Later, at KKR, she saw the early promise of buying music rights and, as chief investment officer at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, she helped build the music streaming business Tidal. Schlogel now runs Atwater Capital, which she founded to invest in digital content creation. Here are excerpts from an October conversation with Schlogel for Bloomberg Markets magazine. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.