Britt Harris

Veteran institutional investor and former CIO of UTIMCO, the Texas Permanent School Fund, and the Texas Teachers Retirement System, known for overseeing very large pools of capital and expertise in governance and organizational leadership.

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Jan 6, 2026 • 18min

E276: Lessons from Allocating $70B as CIO at the University of Texas

Britt Harris, a veteran institutional investor and former CIO of major funds, shares insights on investment simplicity and success. He emphasizes that engagement, rather than intelligence, drives performance, and explains why scale provides negotiating advantages. Britt discusses the importance of a culture of empowerment and that most innovations come from recombination rather than invention. He also introduces the 30–50–20 rule of engagement and warns against the pitfalls of complexity in investing, advocating for straightforward solutions.

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