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Create More Value Podcast

Founder and CEO, Greg Milano, of Fortuna Advisors interviews leading executives, board directors, investors and other experts to discover how they've helped Create More Value for stakeholders and shareholders alike through capital deployment and allocation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate culture, executive compensation, investor activism, ESG and emerging opportunities like artificial intelligence that could change everything.

  1. SEP 3

    Bennett Stewart, the father of EVA (economic value added)

    Bennett Stewart, the “father of EVA” was co-founder of Stern Stewart and a leader in the shareholder value movement. He explains how EVA revolutionized performance measurement corporate governance and empowered better value management. He discusses the measure’s application in major companies like Coca-Cola and General Motors and how it helped them drive a focus on true value creation.

    36 min

  2. AUG 27

    Donald Chew on Michael Jensen and modern corporate finance

    Donald Chew, author and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, discusses the life and legacy of the late Professor Michael Jensen, a pioneering figure in financial economics. We explore Jensen's work on agency costs, corporate governance, and executive compensation, as well as his later focus on corporate culture. The conversation highlights Jensen's profound impact on how US corporations and capitalism create value today.

    28 min

  3. AUG 20

    Steve O’Byrne on executive pay, wealth leverage & employee value added

    Steve O’Byrne is among the most knowledgeable experts on executive pay practices, hands down. He shares his insights on the evolution of performance measurement and executive pay, from the fixed profit-sharing models of the 1920s to today’s market-based compensation packages. We explore the use of option grants, EVA, private-equity models, and even Steve’s most recent innovation, Employee Value Added. Steve is president of Shareholder Value Advisors with over 30 years’ consulting experience i...

    50 min

  4. AUG 14

    Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach on democratizing artificial intelligence

    Our discussion with Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach explores the transformative power of AI, discussing its potential across industries, the impact of the European AI Act on innovation, and its implications for corporate executives and boards. She said, “Around 2012-2013, digital assets made up about 12-14% of the valuation of large businesses. After COVID, that number jumped to 90%... What does it mean for the competitiveness of your company?” For those interested in creating more valu...

    32 min

  5. AUG 7

    Fortuna Advisors' approach to value-based management

    Value management means applying objective valuation principles to strategy, resource allocation, and performance measurement processes to deliver sustained returns for shareholders and other stakeholders. In this episode, Fortuna Advisors' CEO Greg Milano discusses the very innovative approach Fortuna Advisors takes to value-based management, focusing on the key tenets of creating an “ownership culture” within companies.

    14 min

  6. JUL 30

    Dr. Mark Frigo on strategic life-cycle analysis and more

    Dr. Mark Frigo, professor and founding director of the Center for Strategy Execution and Valuation at DePaul University, discusses the importance of long-term value creation and the application of strategic life-cycle analysis, which characterizes businesses into one of four categories: high innovation, competitive fade, mature and failing. He highlights his collaboration with CFOs and executive teams to integrate strategy with performance measures, ensuring sustainable value creation. Dr. Fr...

    28 min

  7. JUL 23

    Kimberly Casiano on continuous learning, long-term focus, and “eulogy” virtues

    Kimberly Casiano, board member of Ford Motor Company, Mutual of America Financial Group, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, shares her story, from her early life in the South Bronx to becoming the first Latina on a top-five Fortune 100 board. Kimberly emphasizes the value of continuous learning, the power of honesty, the importance of nurturing genuine relationships, and the distinction between resume virtues and eulogy virtues.

    27 min

  8. JUL 16

    Ramesh Karnani on aligning strategy with value creation

    Ramesh Karnani explains the importance of approaching strategy from a shareholder value perspective and considers some of the problems that can result when strategy is not supported by insightful financial analysis. He also explains how return on investment derives from a combination of industry economics and competitive position. Ramesh’s insights draw from his decades of experience helping build the strategy consulting firm Marakon, as the leader of a strategic finance group in Credit...

    26 min
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Founder and CEO, Greg Milano, of Fortuna Advisors interviews leading executives, board directors, investors and other experts to discover how they've helped Create More Value for stakeholders and shareholders alike through capital deployment and allocation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate culture, executive compensation, investor activism, ESG and emerging opportunities like artificial intelligence that could change everything.

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