With a $70 million seed investment and a vision, Rodney Herenton and his co-founder Wendell Mackey launched Channing Capital Management.
This isn’t your typical startup story.
This episode is a masterclass on differentiation, defying the odds, and the power of effective collaboration.
Listen in as Rodney and Stacy discuss:
● The birth of Channing Capital Management: Two Harvard graduates team up and launch an investment firm
● How the demands of fatherhood pushed Rodney to innovate as a founder
● The unique strategy behind Channing’s 20-year success as specialists in small- and mid-cap investments
● Channing’s contrarian “best ideas” approach that delivers competitive, long-term results and high alpha
About Rodney Herenton
Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Business Development & Strategy Officer
Rodney co-founded Channing Capital Management in 2003 with Wendell E. Mackey, CFA. In the years leading up to this endeavor, he honed his wealth management skills as First Vice-President of the Private Fund Group at Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and in associate roles at Bear Stearns’ Investment Banking Department and Lehman Brothers’ Corporate Finance Department. Rodney received a B.A. in finance from Morehouse College (Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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