Michael Weisz has a real knack for finding unconventional opportunities and a strong entrepreneurial spirit. He cut his teeth in real estate, but quickly found his nuanced understanding of mis-priced risk prepared him for creative investments like litigation and receivable finance and strategies like loans to professional athletes during lockouts. We talk about the development of the Yieldstreet platform, how they think about the wide variety of offerings they have from fine art to CLO’s, the democratization of finance, and the international scaling of the firm.
Michael is the Founder and CEO of Yieldstreet, the leading private market investing platform, with more than 500k users and more than $5.7B invested.
An award-winning entrepreneur, he co-founded Yieldstreet in 2015 with an ambition of providing individual investors access to curated private market assets typically reserved for institutions. As CEO, Michael leads Yieldstreet’s strategic vision to make alternatives a fundamental piece of investor portfolios.
Before Yieldstreet, Michael held a variety of positions across the specialty finance spectrum, including founding Soli Capital. Previously, Michael was Vice President at a New York-based credit opportunities hedge fund with $1.2B under management.
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Michael Weisz - CEO of Yieldstreet