Don is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stride Capital Group, a global investor that owns interests in alternative asset managers and makes direct investments in public and private companies through equity and debt. Over the last 30 years, Don has invested extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Emerging Markets. His career day-one and ownership investments in managers have grown to more than $40 billion in assets under management. Prior to Stride, Don worked with the founders of MSD Capital (Michael Dell’s family office) as a partner and founding team member of SkyBridge Capital, where he led several ownership investments in alternative asset managers, including in Abdiel Capital. Don has been an active investor in alternatives since 1994 starting as a co-general partner and co-founder of Rogers Investment Partners LLC, applying the approach of pension consultant Rogers Casey to early-stage alternative investments, which included a day-one investment in Lone Pine Capital. Don graduated with honors from Harvard College and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.