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In the Company of Mavericks: The Founder Effect - Lawrence Lam of The Lumenary Global Founders Fund

In the Company of Mavericks: The Founder Effect - Lawrence Lam of The Lumenary Global Founders Fund

23 April 2025

Progressive’s Jeremy McKeown talks with Lawrence Lam, who invests globally in founder-led companies. Lawrence has run the Lumenary Global Founders Fund since 2017 and is the author of “The Founder Effect – The Three Pillars of Success in Founder-Led Companies.” – A great read if you are trying to understand good long-term management decisions and how to spot them.

Jeremy and Lawrence discuss what exactly is the founder effect, and how can investors accurately determine whether a management team has this elusive characteristic?

This is a fascinating conversation with someone who is passionate about his work and carefully studies the world’s stock markets to find his formula.

We learn how he balances the less correlated world for opportunities to buy founder-led companies that offer good value, why China offers a great way to diversify a portfolio, and how BYD is poised to become the next Toyota.

The pair further discuss how meeting management is useful for understanding if the company is likely to do well next quarter, but not so useful for understanding whether it will compound for you over the coming decades.

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