The Father of ‘Value’ Investing'. Graham was a pioneer in asset based valuation who started teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 as a professor of finance. He later published his book in 1949 called ‘The Intelligent Investor’. Graham was a true leader in his thinking and many investors through the generations since have found his teachings a beacon of light.

The Father of the so called ‘Growth’ Investing style we see today. Fisher was a pioneer in building the foundations of how we think about real businesses. A man who truly looked beyond the balance sheet and cheap stocks. He thought independently and added another dimension to his investing with the ‘scuttlebutt’ approach. He gathered qualitative information from the ground up with a real world view. We see this forensic approach by a select community of private equity and public market investors today.

Feynman inspired us to double down on our investment philosophies and to take them seriously. He reinforced the idea in being able to think better, as apposed to simply soaking up information. He gave us the permission to follow a path where ‘how’ is more important than ‘what’. ‘How’ we think is far more superior than ‘What’ we think. ‘What’ tends to be the consequence of ‘How’. He was a man that made the idea of discovery exciting, it was as if he never worked a day in his life. He was the purest definition of enthusiasm when it came to his craft. We have been inspired by Feynman for decades, and we still find new learning today.

Chuck was the true father of philanthropy. ‘Giving While Living’ is what he wanted to achieve. He was a successful entrepreneur who gave anonymously without applause. This vision was a lot to do with his inner calling. ‘A man, who has always preferred to fly economy and carried his papers in a plastic bag’. He created social and economic equity over 34 years, and funded $8 billion to causes that made changes of huge magnitude. We hope we can have an ounce of this man's class and the direct effect he had on the world.