Learning from Lance

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Matt Ober
March 29, 2024

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Learning from Lance Uggla. Nothing better than hearing the story of Markit and how it merged with IHS and ultimately S&P Global. These types of stories, insights, and takeaways are gold.

I think its interesting to learn from these data & information services behemoths. Particularly Markit as they partnered early with 13 banks and why that was both a positive and a pain later on in their journey as they dealt with regulatory concerns.

As a former client of Markit, IHS & S&P Global I think it’s incredible that these 3 companies are now under one roof. The vast amount of data, insights, and analytics they have is hard to even understand. That’s not even considering the ratings agency which is a huge business in and of itself. Plus lets think about the laundry list of other assets they have acquired over the years in the data and technology space”

  • SNL Financial- one of the best fundamental datasets

  • Kensho- essentially an acquihire for AI talent

  • Platts - energy, metal & Agriculture benchmark prices

  • ChartIQ (Social Leverage Investment) - charting technology

  • Visible Alpha- consensus forecast data

Lance Uggla, General Atlantic Vice Chair and co-founder of Beyond Net Zero, on building a $40bn+ data company and the climate transition

Listen to this episode from The Innovators’ Exchange by Oliver Wyman on Spotify. In this episode of the Innovators’ Exchange podcast, Hiten and Lance Uggla discuss Lance's journey as an entrepreneur and his current role as General Atlantic Vice Chair and co-founder of Beyond Net Zero, the firm’s growth climate fund. Lance is also the founder and CEO of IHS Markit, that was then sold to S&P for $44bn, becoming one of the largest deals to have ever taken place in the industry. He also outlines his work with the team at General Atlantic and his role as an entrepreneur in residence.

open.spotify.com/episode/7npAvF0ezXiDUS0gPAlXby?si=XzBdTKKiQoChi7blJ3htnw

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