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The Fat Gladiator, A Revolutionary Investment Club

Curated Podcasts - With Simon Brewer

Release Date: 05/23/2022

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Curated Podcasts - With Simon Brewer

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Curated Podcasts - With Simon Brewer

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The Fat Gladiator is a unique and exclusive investment club that tracks the world’s most powerful trends, and identifies the companies and asset classes most likely to profit from them.

In this interview, Nick Finegold, Founder and long time investor, describes the growth of this business which seeks to identify compelling and potentially profitable investment themes, through collaboration and idea sharing with a growing club of institutional and seasoned investors.

Nick describes how the club operates, and provides examples of some of the investment themes discussed, and pursued by club members. These have included nuclear renaissance, MIPS smart cycle helmet technology, to the new world of digital marketing and communication, and a solution to the world’s food security problems – cell cultured foods.

Nick also describes how speakers from multiple disciplines are asked to join and explains their investment concepts, as well as to discuss their relevance. The range of ideas has incorporated Nick Jones of Soho House to Sir Martin Sorrell at S4 Capital, and in the year ahead there is a dazzling list of investment ideas which will be explored.

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