042 Navneet Govil| long horizon capital

NAVNEET’S BIO Navneet Govil has come a very long way. He was born and raised in Zambia with a remarkable trajectory culminating in his current role: Executive Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Softbank Investment Advisers and its Softbank Vision Funds collectively managing the largest venture capital fund(s) in the world, well over $100 billion. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about venture capital, entrepreneurship, capital markets, IPOs, innovation, leadership, and of course→ AI. Navneet is Member of the Executive Committee (one of three) that leads the SoftBank Vision Funds, LatAm Funds and SoftBank Group International and is Member of Investment Committee. He oversees the firm’s operations, legal, compliance, finance, marketing, communications, valuations, risk, technology, portfolio monitoring, and human resources teams.He joined Softbank eight years ago and has been instrumental in deploying the fund’s capital, and more importantly, returning it to limited partners including via dozens of IPOs and other exits. Prior to joining SoftBank, Navneet held senior corporate officer roles for several publicly traded multinational corporations. Most recently as SVP of Finance at CA Technologies, preceded by positions at Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Pfizer, and Fortistar Capital. Naneet earned an MBA and a Master's degree in engineering from Cornell University where he was awarded a merit-based Knight Fellowship and an engineering fellowship. He currently serves on the boards of ElevateBio and Ridge Lane Partners. Disclaimer: I served on a Softbank affiliated public company board of directors with Navneet and our firms are common investors in a handful of companies. Our episode is informational only and listeners should not construe anything discussed or related materials as investment, financial, or other advice.  NAVNEET RELATED LINKS SVF Profile Softbank Group (SFTBY) - Earnings Call On Tech & AI - Fortune CFO Evolution - Forbes Softbank Latin America GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: [email protected]   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS