2025 Keynote Speakers:

Alisa Amarosa Wood

Partner at KKR, Co-CEO of KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC

Alisa Amarosa Wood is a Partner at KKR, where she co-leads the firm’s private equity vehicles and serves as Co-CEO of KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC. With over two decades at KKR, she has played a key role in global capital formation and the development of new strategies across the firm's platform. Alisa is also a trustee of Columbia University, Vice Chair of the Convent of the Sacred Heart Board, and serves on several prestigious boards. She was named one of the "Women to Watch" by the Wall Street Journal in 2020 and one of the "Women of Influence in Private Equity" by Private Equity International in 2022.

 

David M. Rubenstein

Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group

David M. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm managing $447 billion. He is also the Chairman and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles. Rubenstein serves on several prestigious boards, including the John F. Kennedy Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the National Gallery of Art. A leader in Patriotic Philanthropy, he has funded numerous national monuments and institutions. Rubenstein is a signatory of The Giving Pledge, host of Bloomberg’s The David Rubenstein Show, and author of several books, including The American Story and How to Lead.

 

Mamoon Hamid

Partner at Kleiner Perkins

Mamoon Hamid is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. He has been an early investor in and served on the boards of some of the most innovative software companies of recent times including Slack, Figma, Rippling, Glean and Box. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Mamoon was a Co-Founder of Social Capital, and prior to that a Partner at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). He started his Silicon Valley career at Xilinx where he held various engineering and business roles.

 

Sean Klimczak

Global Head of Infrastructure and Senior Managing Director at Blackstone

Sean Klimczak is the Global Head of Infrastructure and a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, where he has led investments in companies such as Autostrade per l’Italia, Cheniere Energy, and Invenergy Renewables. Before joining Blackstone in 2005, he worked at Madison Dearborn Partners and Morgan Stanley. Klimczak holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with the highest academic honors. He serves on several boards, including Cheniere Energy and The Blackstone Charitable Foundation, and was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2015.

Former HBS VCPE Conference Keynote Speakers:

Ramzi Musallam

CEO of Veritas Capital | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2024

Suyi Kim

Global Head of Private Equity, CPP Investments | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2024

Anne Miura-Ko

Floodgate (Co-Founding Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Dayna Grayson

Construct Capital (Co-Founder & General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

Jim Breyer

Breyer Capital (Founder & CEO) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

John Connaughton

Bain Capital (Co-Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

José E. Feliciano

Clearlake Capital (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Margot Wirth

CalSTRS (Director of PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Meg Whitman

Quibi (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022

Paul Maeder

Highland Capital Partners (Founder & General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Sandra Horbach

Carlyle Group (Partner & Co-Head Americas Corporate PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017 and 2019

Sarah Tavel

Benchmark (General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Seth Klarman

Baupost (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

Tricia Patrick

Advent International (Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

Jay Sammons

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at SKKY Partners | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2024

Maya Noeth

Partner at Accel | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2024

David Roux

BayPine (Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022

Holly Maloney McConnell

General Catalyst (Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Joel Cutler

General Catalyst (Co-Founder & Managing Director) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Jonathan Sokoloff

Leonard Green & Partners (Managing Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Kewsong Lee

Carlyle Group (Chief Executive Officer) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Matt Nord

Apollo Global (Partner, Co-Head of PE) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2021

Noah Knauf

KPCB (General Partner) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2017

Rick Schifter

TPG Inc. (Senior Advisor) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2019

Sarah Cannon

Coatue (General Partner & Head of Europe Private Investments) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2023

Sean Klimczak

Blackstone (Global Head of Infrastructure) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2018

Tony James

Blackstone (Executive Vice Chairman) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2020

Yup Kim

CalPERS (Investment Director - Private Equity) | Keynote Speaker @ HBS VCPE Conference 2022