Welcome to Investing In Integrity by Scholars of Finance. SOF is a rapidly growing organization on a mission to inspire character and integrity in the finance leaders of tomorrow. If you’re an investor, finance professional, or student aspiring to make an impact with capital, this podcast is for you. Investing In Integrity is a compilation of conversations and interviews with leading minds in finance that will help you learn how you can make finance a force for good.

Investing In Integrity
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Welcome to Investing In Integrity by Scholars of Finance. SOF is a rapidly growing organization on a mission to inspire character and integrity in the finance leaders of tomorrow. If you’re an investor, finance professional, or student aspiring to make an impact with capital, this podcast is for you. Investing In Integrity is a compilation of conversations and interviews with leading minds in finance that will help you learn how you can make finance a force for good.
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Recent Episodes

June 4, 2026
#98 - The Lost Culture of Wall Street (John Taft, Vice Chair at Baird)
Host Ross Levin interviews John Taft, Vice Chair at Baird, about the financialization of the economy and the need for greater stewardship in finance.

March 12, 2026
#97 — The $3B Giving Machine (Ben Choi, Managing Partner at Next Legacy)
Host Ross Overline interviews Ben Choi, Managing Partner at Next Legacy, exploring how to multiply capital and give it away, shaping future finance leaders with clarity and purpose.

February 20, 2026
#96 - The Discipline of Giving: Wealth, Greed, and Responsibility (David Roberts, Retired Partner at Angelo Gordon)
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-8792119a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">David Roberts</a> spent nearly four decades in finance—starting on Wall Street in 1983 and joining <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/tpg-angelo-gordon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Angelo Gordon</a> in 1993, when the firm was a 15-person shop managing about $300M. By the time he left, the firm managed roughly $50B in assets, and David contributed to that growth by helping build and launch several of the firm’s businesses. After retiring, he created <a href="https://www.davidnroberts.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sparks From Culture</a>, a widely read Substack, which provides its nearly 9,000 readers with “weekly personal essays on wealth, status, and family from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency.”</p><p><br></p><p>Our host, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossoverline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ross Overline</a>, is one of David’s readers.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, David and Ross explore the hardest questions finance leaders rarely discuss publicly: How do you know when you have “enough”? Why does comparison keep resetting our definition of success? What are the risks of wealth concentration?</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss inequality, philanthropy, competing views of capitalism’s current state, and how greed often shows up as self-justification. David makes the case for generosity as a stabilizing force in society—and shares how he’s translated these beliefs into real, high-impact giving.</p><p><br></p><p>The episode closes with a simple but unforgettable principle: the butterfly effect—small acts of generosity can change a life more than you’ll ever know.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet David </strong></p><p>David Roberts is a retired Partner of Angelo Gordon, where he joined in 1993, helping build and scale investment platforms across real estate, structured credit, and net lease. After retiring in 2022, he briefly served in public service as Senior Advisor to Maryland’s Secretary of Commerce.</p><p><br></p><p>In recent years, David has become a thoughtful public voice through his Substack newsletter <a href="https://www.davidnroberts.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sparks From Culture</a> (no payment necessary). All proceeds from paid subscriptions are donated to the Robin Hood Foundation, reflecting David and his wife Debbie’s long-standing commitment to impact-driven giving.</p><p><br></p><p>He holds a B.S. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.</p>
100 total episodes available with 17 transcripts
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