Jul 18, 2022
Mario Giannini is the CEO of
Hamilton Lane, where he oversees nearly $1 trillion of assets under
management and advisement in private capital, making it perhaps the
largest investor in private equity in the world. Mario joined
Hamilton Lane thirty years ago and has spent the last 21 as its
CEO. His breadth of knowledge and experience, alongside at times
unconventional views, offers an unparalleled bird’s eye view into
this powerful area of investing.
Our conversation covers Mario’s background and a brief history of
the private equity industry over the last thirty years. We discuss
three characteristics of private equity firms that struggle:
decision-making, concentration, and greed, and views on private
equity firms across turnover, GP/LP relationships, LP Advisory
Boards, and the pricing environment. We then turn to Mario’s
perspective on constructing private equity portfolios, data
analytics, the middle market, continuation funds, LP appetite, and
opportunities across sub-categories and geographies. We close with
aspects of Hamilton Lane’s evolution across co-investing,
customization, going public, ESG, democratization, and the future
of the industry.