63 | Johan Rozali-Wathooth, Investing with Impact

Johan Rozali-Wathooth is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bintang Capital Partners. Bintang believes in the importance of deploying capital in an innovative, responsible and sustainable way, while still pursuing outsized risk-adjusted returns. Bintang is also now the first private equity firm in Southeast Asia to earn B Corp Certification! So in this conversation, we cover private equity investing in Malaysia, and investing with impact. 

 

A super fun and varied conservation, so I hope you enjoy my interview with Johan Rozali-Wathooth.

 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep63 

 

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Show Notes:

[00:00:31] - [First question] - Background

[00:03:44] - How has a varied experience helped in private equity investing?

[00:06:08] - Advice for those early in their career looking to break into the PE scene?

[00:09:51] - Having a purpose in Private Equity Investing

[00:15:39] - Bintang’s investment process

[00:20:53] - Bintang’s role post-investment?

[00:23:49] - B Corp Certification and Reception

[00:26:31] - What’s next for Bintang?

[00:31:46] - How to approach exits in PE?

[00:36:10] - What do other PE shops think about what they’re doing?

[00:40:58] - The private market space in ASEAN,

[00:43:56] - Underrated experience for university-age students?

[00:49:08] - Influential people or books?

[00:54:29] - Wrapping up

 

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Connect with Johan:

Bintang Capital’s Website: https://www.bintangcapitalpartners.com/ 

Connect with Johan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanrw 

 

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