Strive Asset Management
Impact-focused asset management firm
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Investing
- SaaS
- Social Impact
- Uptown District, Columbus, OH
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Company mission
To restore the voices of everyday citizens in the American economy by leading companies to focus on excellence over politics.
Our take
Strive’s founders believe that the “big three” asset management firms — BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street - focus too much on “stakeholder capitalism”. That is, by leveraging their power as large investors, they pilot corporate America’s social agendas.
Instead, Strive is offering an asset management firm dedicated to ‘depoliticizing’ Corporate America. That means offering an alternative to the big three that advances ‘Excellence Capitalism’, pushing companies to instead focus exclusively on delivering excellent products and services to their customers.
The startup will use funding from notable investors like Bill Ackman and Peter Thiel to launch a range of products to this end, starting in 2022.
While the company seems to style itself on its combative approach to the dominant players in the industry, it has actually positioned itself to attract top talent through being politically neutral. It will be interesting to see how the branding implications of its approach will affect this and other business areas over the next few years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- PTO
- UHC Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
- Insperity-sponsored 401K plan
- And plenty of others!
Leadership
Vivek Ramaswamy
(Executive Chairman)Vivek is a first-generation American entrepreneur, investor, and New York Times bestselling author. Before founding Strive, he founded multibillion-dollar enterprises including Roivant Sciences, which he led as CEO. Vivek graduated summa cum laude from Harvard, and received his law degree from Yale while working as a hedge fund partner.
Anson Frericks
(COO)Anson is a mission-driven leader with over 15 years of experience creating innovative business strategies, building winning cultures, and leading results oriented teams. Prior to founding Strive, he led finance, sales, and marketing operations as President of Anheuser Busch Sales & Distribution Company, and also worked in private equity. Anson received his BA from Yale and his MBA from Harvard.