Sadek Wahba, Chairman and Managing Partner, I Squared Capital Title: "Doing Good and Doing Well by Investors"

Our guest for today's podcast is Sadek Wahba, Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital.  He is an American economist and investor who focuses on infrastructure investments. Sadek began his career as an economist for the World Bank, where he worked on the social dimensions of structural adjustment. He subsequently joined Lehman Brothers and then Morgan Stanley, where he worked on structured financing. While with Morgan Stanley, Sadek launched Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and was Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure.  In 2012, Sadek made the entrepreneurial leap and formed I Squared Capital, a U.S.-based private equity group that invests in infrastructure projects in the U.S. and in developing economies, particularly China and India.
 
As of this recording, I Squared Capital manages over $30 billion in assets. The firm's assets are focused in the energy, utilities, transport, digital infrastructure and social sectors in the U.S., Europe and in select high-growth economies including China, India and Latin America. I Squared Capital's portfolio companies employ over 12,000 professionals.
You often hear the saying that nice guys finish last.  This is certainly not the case for Sadek.
 
Without further ado, here is our conversation with Dr. Sadek Wahba.