UChicago Investing Forum
The Investing Forum, hosted annually since 2020 by TBC members, aims to democratize investing knowledge for the broader UChicago community.
Every year, we host panels and speaker series with notable professional investors whose expertise spans a range of asset classes and strategies.
The Forum – 2024
Keynote Speakers
Will England
CEO and CIO
Walleye Capital
Will England is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Walleye Capital. He joined Walleye in 2013 and was named a partner in 2017. Will plays an integral role in setting the strategic direction of Walleye and oversees all aspects of the firm’s processes, including strategy allocation, risk management, and talent recruitment. Will began his career as a Quantitative Researcher for the AHL division of London-based Man Group plc, researching and implementing algorithmic trading strategies across global futures and equity instruments. He also spent time as an investment analyst with Valor Equity Partners, a leading growth private equity firm. Will earned a BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University (Academic All-Ivy honors) and a Master’s degree in Mathematical and Computational Finance from Oxford University.
Benny Peretz
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Greenoaks
Benny Peretz co-founded Greenoaks in 2012 and is a Managing Partner of the Firm. Prior to Greenoaks, Benny invested in public and private businesses globally with D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Benny holds a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School and BAS from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ted Seides
Founder
Capital Allocators
Ted Seides, is the founder of Capital Allocators, an ecosystem that includes podcasts, gatherings, and advisory to asset managers and allocators. He launched the Capital Allocators podcast in 2017. The show reached 15 million downloads in April 2023 and has been recognized as the top institutional investing podcast. Ted previously worked under David Swensen at the Yale Investments Office, co-founded and served as Co-CIO of Protégé Partners, made a famous bet with Warren Buffett, and authored two investment books. Ted graduated Cum Laude from Yale University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Weijian Shan
Executive Chairman
PAG
Weijian Shan is the executive chairman and co-founder of PAG, a leading Asia-based and focused investment firm with more than USD50 billion in capital under management. Before joining PAG, he was a partner of TPG and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital), and a managing director of JP Morgan. He was an assistant professor at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. He also worked at the World Bank. Shan holds an MA and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. Shan is the author of Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America (2019), Money Games: The Inside Story of How American Dealmakers Saved Korea's Most Iconic Bank (2021) and Money Machine – A Trailblazing American Venture in China (2023).
Panelists
Private Investing
Alex Bennett | Vice President, GTCR
Alarisse Lam | Vice President, Francisco Partners
Angel Shum | Principal, Warburg Pincus
Elijah Sutanto | Vice President, Coatue
Moderator: Karen Liu, B.A. ’25
Public Investing
Darek Blachowicz | Research Analyst, Harris Associates
Mitch Linhart | Research Analyst, Diamond Hill
Eric Liu | Research Analyst, Ruane Cunniff
Chris Perez | Research Analyst, Dodge & Cox
Moderator: Jaden Wu, B.A. ’25
The 2024 Forum was organized by Ziyad Fahd, B.A. ’25, and Curran Chopra, B.A. ’24.
Team & Partners
We are grateful for the support of alumni, University institutions and programs,
and other investing-oriented student organizations for the Investing Forum.
Advisory Board
Henry Gao
Founder & Chair
B.A. ’20
Evan Xiang
Board Member
B.A. ’21
Frank Li
Board Member
B.A. ’22
Alex Prakash
Board Member
B.A. ’23
Past Events
Since our inaugural Forum in 2020, we have hosted nearly 100 speakers and 3,000 attendees.
We have hosted leading investors from firms including: