#10 - Principled Leadership (feat. Tony Paquette, CFO at Point72)

Tony Paquette is the Chief Financial Officer at Point72, a leading hedge fund with over $22bn in assets under management. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, Tony was at SoFi, a publicly traded FinTech company in Silicon Valley, as a Business Unit Leader overseeing International, New Business, Treasury, Regulatory Operations, and the firm's application for their bank charter - to name a few. Before SoFi, Tony was at J.P. Morgan, where he was a Managing Director and the Global Head of Funding & Liability Management. Further, he held portfolio management roles in the Chief Investment Office at J.P. Morgan, and in Treasury & Corporate Investments at Bank of America - all after beginning his career as a research analyst covering the Technology sector at Goldman Sachs. Tony and Ross worked together at SoFi and have since become close friends. In addition, Tony is on the Advisory Board at SOF. Tony holds a bachelor's degree in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University. In addition, Tony was on the varsity football team at Brown. In today’s episode, Ross and Tony kick off the conversation with a discussion of mentorship and cultivating rewarding mentor/mentee relationships. Further, Tony discusses the intersection of sports and leadership as well as some of his principles on being an effective leader. Finally, they shift the conversation to discuss Tony’s involvement in SOF.