{"podcast":{"title":"Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry","slug":"capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","podcast_index_feed_id":222998,"rss_url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://capitalallocators.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/b/7/6/fb76e1c8bfb69e8dd959afa2a1bf1c87/CA_Square_logo_light_background_6.26.24.jpg","author":"Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert","episode_count":797,"summary":"Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Learn more and join our community at capitalallocators.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998"},"episode":{"title":"Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)","slug":"operator-led-private-equity-at-ethos-erik-brooks-ep-504","published_at":"2026-06-01T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/operator-led-private-equity-at-ethos-erik-brooks-ep-504","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/operator-led-private-equity-at-ethos-erik-brooks-ep504","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tedseides/CA_-_EP.504_Erik_Brooks_-_AUDIO_V2.mp3?dest-id=482814","summary":"Erik Brooks is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ethos Capital, a middle-market private equity firm built to bring seasoned C-Suite operators into every aspect of the investment process. Erik's experience prior to founding Ethos in 2019 spanned privatizations in Eastern Europe, value investing at Baupost, and twenty years at Abry Partners. Our conversation covers Erik's path to private equity, lessons learned about risk, the importance of betting on people, and the evolution in his thinking that led to forming Ethos. We then cover Ethos' focus on durable business models, one-deal-a-year cadence, operating system to evaluate and improve companies, and an investment example that brings it all to life. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant ( ⁠ https://thepodcastconsultant.com ⁠ )","meta_description":"Erik Brooks is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ethos Capital, a middle-market private equity firm built to bring seasoned C-Suite operators into ev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3505,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/episodes/operator-led-private-equity-at-ethos-erik-brooks-ep-504/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/operator-led-private-equity-at-ethos-erik-brooks-ep-504.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}