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Neil Mehta - Finding Future S&P 500 Companies

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Published
April 15, 2025
Duration
1h 35m
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Last updated
Jun 24, 2026

Discusses investing.

Summary

Today's guest is Neil Mehta, founder of Greenoaks Capital. In 2012, aged 27, Neil left D.E. Shaw to start Greenoaks with his friend Benny Peretz. One of their first investments was in Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company led by founder Bom Kim. Neil was so convinced of Coupang's potential that he invested 40% of their initial $50 million fund into t…

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Today's guest is Neil Mehta, founder of Greenoaks Capital. In 2012, aged 27, Neil left D.E. Shaw to start Greenoaks with his friend Benny Peretz. One of their first investments was in Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company led by founder Bom Kim. Neil was so convinced of Coupang's potential that he invested 40% of their initial $50 million fund into the company—a bet that eventually returned about $8 billion.Over its first 13 years, Greenoaks has backed legendary companies like Figma, Wiz, C

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  • investing