#95 - Brace for the storm and profit from it: Martín Escobari, General Atlantic

<p>Bolivian entrepreneur <b>Martin Escobari</b> went from growing up in a small town to graduating from Harvard. Upon moving to Brazil, he co-founded one of LatAm’s first startup IPOs in 2005: e-commerce platform Submarino became a huge industry player and went on to merge with local giant Americanas.com.</p><p>As an investor at <b>General Atlantic</b> since 2012, he now lives between New York and São Paulo and wears the hat of Co-president and Head of Latin America. General Atlantic specializes in a form of investment called growth equity, which sits somewhere between traditional venture capital and buyout firms, focusing on companies in that middle tier that can have their growth accelerated.</p><p>Since its beginnings in the 1980s, General Atlantic has invested in over 400 companies, with a jaw-dropping $84 billion dollars in managed assets. Its portfolio includes names like XP Investimentos, Hotmart, Quinto Andar and Gympass.</p><p>Today, Martin and Brian talk about:</p><ul><li>What he calls the &quot;magic of chaos&quot; and why it matters</li><li>The opportunities and challenges a LatAm investor is better equipped to see</li><li>And the red flags and the green flags he looks for when making an investment decision</li></ul>