43: $4B Boutique Co-Founder Rodney Herenton of Channing Capital Management on Building a Platform of Specialists | The Importance of Legacy in Asset Management | Why Differentiation is the Future | “Meet the Boutique” Series

Billion Dollar Backstory

With a $70 million seed investment and a vision, Rodney Herenton and his co-founder Wendell Mackey launched Channing Capital Management.

This isn’t your typical startup story.

This episode is a masterclass on differentiation, defying the odds, and the power of effective collaboration.

Listen in as Rodney and Stacy discuss:

● The birth of Channing Capital Management: Two Harvard graduates team up and launch an investment firm

● How the demands of fatherhood pushed Rodney to innovate as a founder

● The unique strategy behind Channing’s 20-year success as specialists in small- and mid-cap investments

● Channing’s contrarian “best ideas” approach that delivers competitive, long-term results and high alpha

About Rodney Herenton

Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Business Development & Strategy Officer

Rodney co-founded Channing Capital Management in 2003 with Wendell E. Mackey, CFA. In the years leading up to this endeavor, he honed his wealth management skills as First Vice-President of the Private Fund Group at Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and in associate roles at Bear Stearns’ Investment Banking Department and Lehman Brothers’ Corporate Finance Department. Rodney received a B.A. in finance from Morehouse College (Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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