Hello Milestones. One sad. One happy. I have learned they can co-exist. They reflect what can be gained from perseverance, persistence and positivity.
Yesterday: 25th Anniversary of 9/11. The tragedy. The mourning. The eventual rebound. NYC 🍎 and its people – I love ❤️ you. Profoundly sad.
Today: 15th Anniversary 🎉🥳at
The Raine Group! Profoundly happy.
A few shout outs:
To the Founding Partners
Joe Ravitch,
Jeff Sine,
Brandon Gardner and
John Salter who took a bet on me
To the OG who have been there for the whole ride:
Colin Neville,
Erik Hodge,
Joe Puthenveetil,
Jason Schretter,
Garrett Gomes,
Yingcun Luo and
Grace Mangan
To
Carrie Eagle – my soul sister for 10 years of building our investment business. “SherCar” forever
To
Paul Dabbar who gave me some valuable post MBA advice: Wall Street/private equity is a war of attrition. Paul – I am still standing!
To
The Raine Group’s investment partners and supporters especially my OG group including
Shari Young Lewis,
Andrew Callahan, CAIA,
Bill Bracamontes,
Nicole Belytschko,
Jerome Antenen, CFA,
Bob Reeves,
Lance Maerov,
Farah Al-Mazrui,
Matt Kim,
Nigel Lin,
John Kasic,
Eneasz Kadziela, CFA, CAIA,
J David Enriquez,
Stuart Bernstein,
Alex Doñé,
Taylor Robinson,
Jeffrey Bloom and so many others. This is the point – it is so many others. I have had the privilege of working with so many fantastic people inside and outside of Raine – thousands of people.
#Grateful
A few office photos from this week. My home away from home. It reminds of me of the journey. The Polycom phone! My “since day 1” Target 🎯 art. The white board from days before COVID still untouched - now art. Taylor Swift birthday card wishes. My kids! They were four and one when I started at Raine. Now
Story Sossen is 19 at the
University of Michigan and Townes Golf (whoops I meant Gordon) Sossen ⛳️ is 16 and a high school junior. My parents who are now both passed. The memories remain. The opportunity for more also remains.
Shana Tova! 🍎🍯❤️💛