Ethical Leadership in the Venture Capital Space
 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST
Zoom link will be provided separately.
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The Student Leadership and Ethics Board of the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co Center for Leadership and Ethics invites you to join a discussion with Steve D. Geskos, Managing Director at Rose Park Advisors, moderated by Professor Melanie Brucks. The conversation will explore leadership and ethical decision-making in the venture capital space, specifically within disruptive innovation frameworks.

About Steve D. Geskos:

Mr. Geskos has invested in public and private companies for over eighteen years, most recently at Rose Park Advisors as a Managing Director where he focuses on companies that fit the Disruptive Innovation frameworks. Previously, Mr. Geskos was at Fortress Investment Group as a Managing Director in the Credit group. He invested across the capital structure in both a public and private capacity with a particular emphasis on cyclical industries and hard asset classes. Mr. Geskos managed a global equity long/ short fund for the firm’s Liquid Markets business beginning in 2011.

Prior to Fortress, Mr. Geskos was a partner and portfolio manager at MissionPoint Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm. Before joining MissionPoint in 2009, Mr. Geskos was a portfolio manager and analyst at Perry Capital. Mr. Geskos started his investment career at Jennison Associates as an equity analyst after joining the firm in 2001 from Citigroup.

Mr. Geskos received his MBA from NYU Stern and B.A. summa cum laude in History from Brandeis University where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.