2024 Keynote Speakers:

Ramzi Musallam

CEO of Veritas Capital

Ramzi Musallam is the CEO of Veritas Capital, a longstanding technology investor with over $40 billion of assets under management and a focus on companies operating at the intersection of technology and government. Veritas Capital was recently ranked by HEC-Dow Jones among the top two PE firms worldwide in terms of aggregate performance based on all buyout funds raised between 2009 and 2018. Veritas Capital was also named by Preqin in 2023 as the American winner of the Top Performing Buyout Fund Manager award and Ramzi received his 8th consecutive inclusion in the Wash100 Award.*

* For more information, visit www.veritascapital.com. To read Veritas’ Social Disclaimer, please visit www.veritascapital.com/user-agreement.

 

Jay Sammons

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at SKKY Partners

Jay Sammons is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at SKKY and serves on the Investment Committee, Operating Committee and Management Committee. Prior to joining SKKY, Jay spent over 16 years at Carlyle, most recently as Partner and Global Head of Consumer, Media and Retail. Notable investments that Jay has been a key contributor to include Beats by Dre, Supreme, Vogue International (OGX), Ithaca, Beautycounter, and Grupo Madero, among others. Jay is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, where he graduated with his MBA in 2004.

 

Maya Noeth

Partner at Accel

Maya Noeth helps lead Accel’s growth fund, investing in consumer technology and software businesses, with a particular interest in companies serving the B2C and B2B2C landscapes. Notable companies Maya has invested in include: Bumble, GoPuff, Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Electronic Arts, TripAdvisor, and several others. Maya is an alumna of Harvard Business School, where she graduated with her MBA in 2014.

 

Suyi Kim

Global Head of Private Equity, CPP Investments

Suyi leads CPP Investments’ Private Equity program globally, including teams dedicated to investments in Direct Private Equity, Private Equity Asia, Private Equity Funds and Secondaries. She was most recently the Senior Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific overseeing CPP Investment’s investment activities in Asia Pacific across all investment programs. Suyi joined CPP Investments in 2007 and established CPP Investments’ first international office in Hong Kong.

 

Former HBS VCPE Conference Keynote Speakers:

Anne Miura-Ko

Floodgate (Co-Founding Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Dayna Grayson

Construct Capital (Co-Founder & General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

Jim Breyer

Breyer Capital (Founder & CEO) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

John Connaughton

Bain Capital (Co-Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

José E. Feliciano

Clearlake Capital (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Margot Wirth

CalSTRS (Director of PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Meg Whitman

Quibi (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022

Paul Maeder

Highland Capital Partners (Founder & General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Sandra Horbach

Carlyle Group (Partner & Co-Head Americas Corporate PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017 and 2019

Sarah Tavel

Benchmark (General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Seth Klarman

Baupost (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

Tricia Patrick

Advent International (Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

David Roux

BayPine (Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022

Holly Maloney McConnell

General Catalyst (Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Joel Cutler

General Catalyst (Co-Founder & Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Jonathan Sokoloff

Leonard Green & Partners (Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Kewsong Lee

Carlyle Group (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Matt Nord

Apollo Global (Partner, Co-Head of PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Noah Knauf

KPCB (General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

Rick Schifter

TPG Inc. (Senior Advisor) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Sarah Cannon

Coatue (General Partner & Head of Europe Private Investments) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Sean Klimczak

Blackstone (Global Head of Infrastructure) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Tony James

Blackstone (Executive Vice Chairman) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

Yup Kim

CalPERS (Investment Director - Private Equity) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022