32 min
How Patricia Lizarraga Built an ETF to Invest Solely in Public Companies Led By Women CEOs Takin' Care of Lady Business®
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Patricia Lizarraga is the managing partner of Hypatia Capital, an asset manager focused on investing in women in leadership since 2007. Hypatia Capital Management is the issuer of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO), an ETF investing in American public companies with female CEOs, small to mega cap. The WCEO has been nominated for Best Thematic ETF of the Year for the ETF.com Awards, 2023. Hypatia Capital also publishes both the Hypatia Women CEO Index, and the Hypatia Women Hedge Fund Index, both measure and promoting female performance in each asset class. Ms. Lizarraga has over 25 years of merchant banking experience, as well as is a founder of several successful companies. Ms. Lizarraga founded the Grupo del Ande in 1997 and is a founding and former Investment Committee member of Sigma SAFI, a leading asset manager in Peru. Prior to founding Hypatia Capital, she was a Managing Director at Credit Agricole Securities' New York mergers & acquisitions group. She started her merchant banking career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Ms. Lizarraga serves as an independent board member of Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE:BAP), the largest financial services conglomerate in Peru, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee, and former Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Banco de Credito del Peru, the largest bank in Peru. Ms. Lizarraga also serves as an Independent Trustee of the John Hancock Complex of Funds. She has served as the President of the Privatization Committee of the Toll Roads of Peru. Ms. Lizarraga is a Trustee for the Museum of Art of Lima.
Ms. Lizarraga received her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Yale University and her Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business®, Jennifer Justice speaks with Patricia Lizarraga, the managing director of Hypatia Capital. Hypatia Capital Management is the issuer of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO). For those who don’t know, an ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a fund that’s made up of individual stocks that you can buy and sell every day. The benefit of this type of fund is that it’s liquid, meaning you can invest and take out your money whenever you want. This publicly traded fund has a hundred and thirty stocks in it, all of which have female CEOs. It’s the first of its kind in the investing world and is a big win for women who want to support and invest in companies run by women.
Here is what to expect on this week’s show:
- Learn how investing in the Hypatia Women's CEO ETF can help create a more diverse and equitable future for female entrepreneurs.
- Discover the benefits of ETFs and the different ways you can invest in and support women-led businesses
- Understand the potential for a future where women-led businesses receive equal opportunities to those of their male counterparts.
Quotes:
"As you invest in us, you're investing in every single female CEO in the United States that's publicly traded. It's that powerful." - Patricia Lizarraga.
“This and why I started the Justice Department and this podcast is, unapologetically, to make women rich. And you can only do that by giving each other business and really helping invest in each other, buying each other's products, hiring each other, and this is such a great way, especially when it's still basically in the patriarchal system.” – Jennifer Justice
"As a woman in a male-dominated industry, I wanted to make an investment product that was purposeful and made a difference every day." - Patricia Lizarraga.
Website:
https://hypatiacapital.com/
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Patricia Lizarraga is the managing partner of Hypatia Capital, an asset manager focused on investing in women in leadership since 2007. Hypatia Capital Management is the issuer of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO), an ETF investing in American public companies with female CEOs, small to mega cap. The WCEO has been nominated for Best Thematic ETF of the Year for the ETF.com Awards, 2023. Hypatia Capital also publishes both the Hypatia Women CEO Index, and the Hypatia Women Hedge Fund Index, both measure and promoting female performance in each asset class. Ms. Lizarraga has over 25 years of merchant banking experience, as well as is a founder of several successful companies. Ms. Lizarraga founded the Grupo del Ande in 1997 and is a founding and former Investment Committee member of Sigma SAFI, a leading asset manager in Peru. Prior to founding Hypatia Capital, she was a Managing Director at Credit Agricole Securities' New York mergers & acquisitions group. She started her merchant banking career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Ms. Lizarraga serves as an independent board member of Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE:BAP), the largest financial services conglomerate in Peru, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee, and former Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Banco de Credito del Peru, the largest bank in Peru. Ms. Lizarraga also serves as an Independent Trustee of the John Hancock Complex of Funds. She has served as the President of the Privatization Committee of the Toll Roads of Peru. Ms. Lizarraga is a Trustee for the Museum of Art of Lima.
Ms. Lizarraga received her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Yale University and her Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business®, Jennifer Justice speaks with Patricia Lizarraga, the managing director of Hypatia Capital. Hypatia Capital Management is the issuer of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (WCEO). For those who don’t know, an ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a fund that’s made up of individual stocks that you can buy and sell every day. The benefit of this type of fund is that it’s liquid, meaning you can invest and take out your money whenever you want. This publicly traded fund has a hundred and thirty stocks in it, all of which have female CEOs. It’s the first of its kind in the investing world and is a big win for women who want to support and invest in companies run by women.
Here is what to expect on this week’s show:
- Learn how investing in the Hypatia Women's CEO ETF can help create a more diverse and equitable future for female entrepreneurs.
- Discover the benefits of ETFs and the different ways you can invest in and support women-led businesses
- Understand the potential for a future where women-led businesses receive equal opportunities to those of their male counterparts.
Quotes:
"As you invest in us, you're investing in every single female CEO in the United States that's publicly traded. It's that powerful." - Patricia Lizarraga.
“This and why I started the Justice Department and this podcast is, unapologetically, to make women rich. And you can only do that by giving each other business and really helping invest in each other, buying each other's products, hiring each other, and this is such a great way, especially when it's still basically in the patriarchal system.” – Jennifer Justice
"As a woman in a male-dominated industry, I wanted to make an investment product that was purposeful and made a difference every day." - Patricia Lizarraga.
Website:
https://hypatiacapital.com/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32 min