Podcasts | October 22, 2024

Building an inclusive capitalism with Troy Duffie and Lenore Champagne Beirne 

Isaac Silk
ImpactAlpha Editor

Isaac Silk

In the latest addition to the ImpactAlpha Podcast Network, the Milken Institute’s Troy Duffie and Bright Ventures’ Lenore Champagne Beirne seek out asset allocators, investors, founders, and policymakers who are building an economy that works for everyone.

In their inaugural episode, Duffie and Champagne Beirne introduce the show and themselves, discussing their backgrounds and career trajectories. Duffie, raised in Miami, was influenced by the stark economic contrast between North Miami Beach and Overtown, known as the Harlem of the South.

Champagne Beirne grew up shuttling between the homes of a white parent and a Black parent, an experience she says “raised a ton of questions for me about differences in race as well as differences in socioeconomic status, and just what neighborhoods look and feel like, and what kinds of businesses can exist there.”

The incongruities and missed opportunities Duffie and Champagne Beirne saw led each to pursue a more inclusive capitalism through their careers and now The Market Makers.

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The Market Makers is a production of Lenore Champagne Beirne and Troy Duffie and is part of the ImpactAlpha Podcast Network: smart conversations by and for impact investing professionals.