Person
Paul Black
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Escalada Sports PartnersPrivate equity0cheques in 12 months0all time0ledunknownRounds they were named in
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- 1
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- $14M
- Active
- 2026
DeveloSeries A$14MUSJoined · +6 investors
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[REPLAY] Paul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] Paul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pagePaul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51)
WithPaul Black
MentionsWCM Investment Management
About this episode
Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page
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Mike Trigg and Sanjay Ayer – The Discipline of Getting Better at WCM (EP.467)
MentionsWCM Investment ManagementPaul Black
About this episode
Mike Trigg and Sanjay Ayer are Portfolio Managers at WCM Investment Management, a $120 billion investor in growth stocks, where Mike also serves as Co-CEO. I've had the opportunity to chronicle the growth of WCM over the years in conversations with Paul Black, Mike, Sanjay, and other members of the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageSanjay Ayer – Think Different and Get Better at WCM (EP.366)
MentionsWCM Investment ManagementPaul Black
About this episode
Sanjay Ayer is a portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, the Laguna-based $80 billion equity manager profiled on three popular past episodes with CEO Paul Black, President Mike Trigg, and emerging market portfolio manager Mike Tian. Sanjay joined WCM in 2007, and alongside Mike Trigg, leads… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] - Mike Trigg – Defying the Fade at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.162)
MentionsPaul Black
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You may remember my popular first meeting from a few years ago with Paul Black of WCM, then a $25 billion asset manager in Laguna Beach, CA. Since then, WCM has gone up and to the right in every way, they sold a minority piece of the business to Natixis, continue to put big numbers on the board,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[REPLAY] - Mike Trigg – Defying the Fade at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.162)
MentionsPaul Black
About this episode
You may remember my popular first meeting from a few years ago with Paul Black of WCM, then a $25 billion asset manager in Laguna Beach, CA. Since then, WCM has gone up and to the right in every way, they sold a minority piece of the business to Natixis, continue to put big numbers on the board,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageMike Tian – Moat Trajectories and Investing in China at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.212)
MentionsVisaWCM Investment ManagementPaul Black
About this episode
Three years ago, Paul Black from WCM Investment Management joined me on the show for a very popular conversation. At the time, WCM managed $25 billion in global growth equities out of the limelight in Laguna Beach, CA. Last year, I had a second conversation with WCM with Mike Trigg, the Portfolio… More on the show's page
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