Video Highlights from First Princeton CorpGov Forum 2025
CorpGov is happy to share video highlights of the first Princeton CorpGov Forum held on May 22, 2025, at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. The event was hosted together with NYSE and Goldman Sachs and featured over a hundred institutional investors, corporate executives, and Princeton alumni/students in an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking.
The forum focused on endowment investing and university finances, AI in finance, defense and cybersecurity, investing and operating amid geopolitical tensions, among other topics. The second Princeton CorpGov Forum will be held Thursday, May 21, 2026.
Watch Video Highlights Below:
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Links to Full Panels:
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Investing Amid Geopolitical Tensions – Princeton CorpGov Forum
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Contested M&A and Role of Private Equity – Princeton CorpGov Forum
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Alternative Investing & Endowments – Princeton CorpGov Forum
Speakers and Notable Attendees
Tad Smith ’87, Senior Partner 1Roundtable Partners (1RT) and 10T Holdings (10T); Former CEO of NYSE-listed Sotheby’s and The Madison Square Garden Company
James Ruddy ‘90, Former CEO, Sabre Industries, Inc., acquired by Blackstone
Jeff Swartz ’90, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Hundredwatt Labs
John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia
Soo Kim’97, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Standard General, and Chairman of the Board, Bally’s Corp
Michael Weiksner ’95, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, DragonGC
Francisco J. Morales Barrón, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Peter Clarke,Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.
Kent Collier, Founder and CEO, Octus
Craig DeDomenico,ManagingDirector, Stifel
Ryan Flanagan, Managing Director, Investor Relations, ICR
Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
Rafique Jiwani,Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Ryan Keating, Partner, Eisner Advisory Group
Neil Keegan,CEO and Co-Founder, Marlinspike Partners
Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg LP
Josh Kosman, Business Reporter, New York Post
Kenneth Mantel, Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Tad Nacheff,Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange
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