Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba

Bahram realized that something was wrong in the fitness and health club industry and set off to fix it. He started Life Time Fitness in 1992 with the goal of redefining the industry by employing a razor-like focus on the customer experience. With this founding principle, Life Time Fitness has grown to 140 locations across 39 major markets in the U.S. and Canada. Going beyond the confines of the traditional fitness club, Life Time is a "Healthy Way of Life" brand that has expanded into educational content, healthy food, fitness classes, sports competitions, and more. In 2015, Life Time was taken private by Leonard Green and TPG in a transaction valued at more than $4.0 billion.

Paul Teti is a former member of the U.S. National and Olympic rowing teams. He competed in the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing Olympic games. In addition, over the course of his career, he won 10 national championships, three World Cup medals, and a Pan American Games gold medal. Now a Partner at Normandy Real Estate Partners, Paul leverages many of the skills he developed as a competitive athlete to excel in business. We chatted with Paul to learn more about what it takes to sustain a high level of performance over an extended period of time. We also discussed Paul's ongoing dedication to community engagement and giving back, including several of the causes and organizations he actively supports.

With more than two decades of financial and operational experience at mid- and large-sized software companies, Eric Johnson joined Nintex as CFO in 2014. Alongside the company’s 2018 majority investment from Thoma Bravo, Eric was appointed CEO. In his new role, Eric sits at the helm of one of the leading providers of intelligent process automation solutions in the market. Since its founding in 2006, the company has experienced significant growth and currently serves more than 8,000 enterprise customers in over 90 countries around the world. We chatted with Eric to learn more about his leadership style and the Nintex growth strategy going forward.

On the heels of recent investments in MasterClass and KeepTruckin, we spoke with Roseanne about her professional journey, what makes a great investor, and how she rose to the top of a traditionally male-dominated field.

Now investing out of Insight’s recently raised $6.3 billion Fund X, we catch up with Ryan to discuss where he will spend time in the future and what he looks for in a great investment.

With a background in operating roles at Portal Software and McAfee, as well as investing roles at Partech Ventures and Adams Street Partners, Dave Welsh brings a wealth of knowledge to his current role as KKR's Head of TMT Growth Equity.  As Dave explains throughout our conversation, KKR's focus is different than other growth equity investors. 

After graduating from West Point and leading a successful career as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot and Army Captain, Leo Rinaldi set his sights on private industry.  Leo started at McKinsey before transitioning to senior strategy roles at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.  He is now a partner at a boutique financial institution advisory firm.  A few recurring themes of Leo's career have been leadership and the culture of innovation, which dramatically shaped his time in both the Army and at JPMorgan Chase.  Building on his expertise, Leo recently published his first book, titled Leading Innovation (available on Amazon), which memorializes the best practices of today's most effective innovators.

Vinay Kashyap is a partner at Mainsail where he focuses on growth equity investments in predominantly bootstrapped companies.  Over the years, Vinay has developed a unique understanding of the issues facing the bootstrapped entrepreneur.  As such, Mainsail's approach to investing has evolved in an effort to specifically address the issues facing bootstrapped businesses.  At it's core, as Vinay describes, is a high-touch, roll up your sleeves, and culture-first approach to investing.

Ken shares with us his experience and insights working with some of the world's top brands as well as his views on the evolution of effective marketing strategies past, present and future.  

Bo's work highlights CEOs who have built unique organizations by resisting the temptation to grow too fast too soon and instead focusing on what they wanted to build over the long term.