Wall Street Billionaire and Philanthropist Gives Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious

Robert Rosenkranz was described by Bill Bowder as “the most powerful titan on Wall Street you’ve probably never heard of." As CEO of Delphi Capital Management the value of its assets under management grew to U$20 billion, and its value grew 100 fold.

While his book The Stoic Capitalist (Bloomsbury, 2025) – has the tag line “advice for the exceptionally ambitious” there are powerful lessons that anyone can take from his story.

In the podcast, we hear about the power and impact of the negative role models his unemployed father and communist mother played, leading to intense financial stress Robert wanted to avoid in his own life.

Robert shares many aspects of how a stoic philosophy guided him and can guide others.

--The positive influence of his extensive reading of the biographies of those who succeeded

--The important of regarding obstacles as opportunities for growth

--The value of focussing on areas we have control over

--The value of time

--The importance of reason over emotion, without ignoring the importance and impact of emotions on decision making processes

--When and how to take risk and go “all in”

--How to interview people

--The important of selecting the right partners in life and business

--His own approach to philanthropy, including his work supporting research into Longevity, modern art, and the debate of ideas

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