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Hurt Capital Inc.

Founder centric investment and venture capital platform

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2003

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Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

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Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Corporate Governance in Founder-Run Companies: Interview in New York City

In 2008, the largest companies in the world largely fell within what's known as "the separation between ownership and control" – essentially employee-managed companies. In contrast, founder centric companies are run by founders – and leaders with a ...

Jun 20, 2018

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Founder Centrism: The Future of The Global Economy

Founder centrism is the next big wave in the global economy. Founder centric companies as a whole have outperformed the S&P 500 by a tremendous amount. It is not an accident that many of the largest companies in the world are founder centric – ...

Jul 25, 2017

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Business Law at Oxford University

Thank you to the University of Oxford for inviting me to contribute research on founder centrism. 'Eclipse of the Public Corporation Revisited: Concentrated Equity Ownership Theory' is the culmination of 10 years of intensive scholarly inquiry at the ...

Jul 10, 2017

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Founder Run Companies Outperform

Our hypothesis nine years ago was that the world was moving towards more founder centrism™ – founder run companies – and that these companies would perform exceptionally well over time, particularly in environments that are highly volatile and ...

May 31, 2017

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

A Novel Perspective on Shareholder Activism

[Excerpt from Business Law Advisory Council Report] Over the next decade, a common misconception will fade – that all shareholder activism is short-term oriented. This anachronistic view is rooted in an antiquated phase in capital markets history – ...

Dec 14, 2016

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Dream. People. Culture. – Value Creation Platform

Dream-people-culture is the self-professed long-term value creation platform of 3G Capital – the Brazilian multibillion-dollar global investment firm. The company and its founder Jorge Paulo are well-known for partnering with Berkshire Hathaway on ...

Jun 07, 2016

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

170,000 people are about to take Wall Street's toughest test

"On the first Saturday in June, more than 170,000 investment management professionals in 91 countries will attempt to climb what has been called the “Mount Everest of Finance” by taking a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam—a six-hour battery of ...

May 31, 2016

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Facebook is Preserving Founder Control Structure to Focus on the Long Term

Facebook has announced a capital stock plan to maintain voting control in the hands of a single individual – its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook with its U.S. $325 billion market capitalization is following in the footsteps of Google's U.S. $480 ...

Apr 28, 2016

Claudio Rojas, Hurt Capital Inc.

Netflix: Rocket Returns in Record Time

Netflix is our fastest rising investment in recent history, crossing the 100% return mark in record time. In November 2015, we significantly reduced our position due to valuation concerns given medium-term risks and uncertainties. This was a tough ...

Nov 03, 2015

Global Climate Investing Survey 2025

Sponsored by Robeco

Our fifth annual survey shows that enthusiasm for climate investment continues to vary by region. Europe has reclaimed its leadership from Asia-Pacific, which topped last year’s survey, while interest in the US has dropped to new lows.

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