Eric Becker – The Long Game Secret: How Cresset Scaled to $250B in Nine Years

Today’s guest is Eric Becker. Eric is the founder and co-chairman at Cresset, an award-winning multi-family office with more than $250 billion in assets under management and advisement.

Prior to launching Cresset, Eric co-founded Sterling Partners, a value-added, growth private equity firm that raised eight funds with over $5.7 billion of capital.

Eric is the bestselling author of The Long Game, an acclaimed work that empowers entrepreneurs to lead with vision, think beyond the short term, and create enduring impact, and the host of The Long Game Podcast, where he sits down with founders, CEOs, investors, and multigenerational leaders to explore the decisions, discipline, and long-term thinking required to build companies that last.

In this episode, we discuss Cresset’s origin story, the lessons Eric has learned from decades of investing. Eric also explains the main characteristics of successful and enduring companies.