In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

Bill Winters details Standard Chartered's unique 'connector bank' model bridging emerging markets and global finance, while recounting his decade-long turnaround from regulatory crisis and massive write-downs to restored credibility, emphasizing that prioritizing regulators over shareholders and rebuilding team integrity were essential to saving the franchise.

In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

Mala Gaonkar, founder of SurgoCap Partners, explains her firm's strategy to outperform the market over 3-5 year cycles while minimizing capital loss (not volatility) through concentrated investments in "truly great businesses" with long-duration moats, leveraging data science to debias decision-making across four technology-intersecting verticals.

In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

Dylan Field explains how Figma bridges the gap between imagination and digital production, tracing design's evolution from superficial aesthetics to a core business differentiator, while arguing that AI will simultaneously democratize design entry points and amplify the importance of human taste and contextual understanding.

In Good Company (Nicolai Tangen)

Michael Bloomberg shares his journey from a laid-off Salomon Brothers partner to building a financial data empire, emphasizing that success comes from solving real problems, outworking competitors, and taking care of people—principles he applied equally to business, 12 years as NYC Mayor, and giving away over $20 billion in philanthropy.