Ridgepost’s Chairman and CEO, Luke Sarsfield, joined David Weisburd on the ‘How I Invest’ podcast to discuss Ridgepost’s approach to private markets, the importance of alignment, and how the firm thinks about building for the long term.
In the discussion, Luke explains why Ridgepost’s model is built around a simple principle: managers should do best when their LPs do well. He outlines how Ridgepost owns the management companies and fee-related earnings of its strategies, while leaving most of the carried interest with the underlying investment teams, keeping the upside tied to performance rather than asset gathering. That same discipline shapes Ridgepost’s focus on the middle and lower-middle market, where specialization, proprietary data, and long-standing relationships can create meaningful differentiation.