The Power of Generalists in Decision-Making

Muthu Muthiah, CIO of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta sits down with David Weisburd to discuss how he developed the governance, systems, and team to deploy $2 billion dollars at Inatai Foundation. They also delve into the endowment style investment philosophy, the importance of asset allocation relative to manager selection, and the venture strategy at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. (0:00) Episode preview (1:35) Muthu’s path to mission-driven investing (5:36) Building a team of generalist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (8:03) Deploying $2B at Inatai Foundation (11:37) Sponsor: Deel (13:44) Importance of asset allocation strategy (17:28) Navigating the Principal-Agent Problem in asset management (20:41) Investment approach at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (21:46) CHOA’s venture philosophy and portfolio (26:04) The mission and values of CHOA