Early Life dig of DiFi hubby Richard Blum from EXTENSIVE history at Berkeley
Interview History by Lisa Rubens xiii
Interview 1: May 19, 2009, Blum Capital, San Francisco
Audio File 1 1 Family background — Birth 1936 and growing up in San Francisco — Personal values —Reflections on the political culture of San Francisco — Attending UC the city: a semester abroad in Vienna; advancing interest in finance and foreign marketing — Working as an analyst at Sutro and Company while pursuing a PhD in business at Cal — Assesses the social/cultural landscape of San Francisco brokerage houses — Becomes youngest partner at Sutro — Overseeing a company in Vietnam; questioning U.S. foreign policy and honing a social conscience — Reflections on the changing world of finance in the late ’60s and early ’70s — Forming Blum Capital in 1968, a private equity firm — Taking risks and investing in Asia — First trek in Nepal: dedication to alleviating poverty and establishing relief programs in Nepal; formalizes efforts by establishing the American Himalayan Foundation, 1981 — Lessons learned about international assistance leads to establishing the Brookings Institute Global Policy Reduction Initiative (2003) and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley (2009) — Diplomatic efforts in China
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