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Full coverage: The edge

General Atlantic backed CrowdStrike, Slack and ByteDance. Martín Escobari says an Irish firm could be next

Founded by the late Chuck Feeney, General Atlantic has $83bn of assets under management. Martín Escobari, its co-president and global head of growth equity, talks about the firm’s investment thesis, what it looks for in an entrepreneur, and discovering hidden gems.

Ian Kehoe
19th Sep, 2024 - 4 min read

Apple, Amazon, and the Italian government: “You have to break big problems into 1,000 pieces”

Diego Piacentini led Amazon's international expansion for sixteen years, from a plucky internet upstart to the gargantuan force it is now. In town for Endeavor Ireland's first retreat, he sat down with The Currency to discuss transforming the retailer and his home country's digital footprint.

Rosanna Cooney
9th Nov, 2022 - 9 min read
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