Oct 25, 2021
Paula Volent is the recently named Chief Investment Officer for
Rockefeller University’s $2.5 billion endowment. Paula previously
oversaw Bowdoin College’s endowment for twenty years as it grew
from $450 million to $2 billion during her tenure and generated
returns at the very top of the industry. Bowdoin’s Investment
Committee Chair, Stan Druckenmiller, describes Paula as an
innovative, outside-of-the-box thinker, an aggressive risk taker,
and a workaholic whose passion is unlike anyone he has ever seen.
Paula is also one of my oldest friends in the business from our
time crossing paths at Yale in the mid ‘90s. Our conversation
covers Paula’s unique career path from art conservation to
endowment management and the transferable lessons she learned along
the way. In the process, we discuss her approach at Bowdoin and
plans for Rockefeller University.
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