EP5 - Ted Koenig on Deploying $100B in Private Credit

Ted Koenig, Founder and CEO of Monroe Capital, joins Al and Ravin for a candid discussion about seeing around corners, building a $25B empire in private credit, city and national politics, parenting, and leadership.

Forged in America is a conversation between longtime friends and entrepreneurs Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein who have built and sold numerous businesses. Al founded fintech unicorn Avant, real estate firm Pangea, and Stoic Lane. Ravin founded GMM Nonstick Coatings, a $100M supplier to the USA housewares industry that serves 40M Americans each day. Al and Ravin are also experienced early stage investors, investing in deals such as Apptronik, KeyMe, Morning Consult, Kin Insurance, Hester Biosciences, Throne Labs, Natrion and Patient IQ that collectively have raised billions in funding.