Robert Kaplan, Former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO, Discusses State of the U.S. Economy

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with his former Harvard Business School professor, Robert Steven Kaplan, to discuss tips for businesses and investors in an uncertain economic environment where both Hickey and Kaplan believe there is a reasonable probability of a recession. “The main advice I’d give to companies and investors is make sure you have good financial flexibility. If you’re a business, don’t get yourself overleveraged,” said Kaplan, former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Senior Associate Dean and the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions at Goldman Sachs, Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee at Google and Interim CEO for Harvard University Endowment, the largest endowment in the world with ~$50 bn AUM as of the 2023 fiscal year. Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$3.5 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 9/30/23) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments. LEARN MORE ABOUT US: WEBSITE: https://www.starmountaincapital.com MEDIA CENTER: https://www.starmountaincapital.com/media-center LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLC FOUNDATION: https://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/ LEARN MORE ABOUT US: WEBSITE: https://www.starmountaincapital.com MEDIA CENTER: https://www.starmountaincapital.com/media-center LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLC FOUNDATION: https://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/ TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/