Interview, Fireside Chat, Panel
Ken Mehlman, KKR’s Global Head of Public Affairs and Co-Head of Global Impact
- The opportunity gap in the United States requires a massive recommitment to educational equity and expanded access to opportunity.
- A recently signed criminal justice reform law is viewed as a significant step toward addressing mass incarceration, though it remains under-credited.
- The Global Impact Fund strategy targets companies in the lower middle market that align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- Investors in Asia and other regions with upwardly mobile parents are predicted to increasingly prioritize food, air, water, and waste management.
- An estimated 375 million people in the United States between now and 2030 face job disruption or complete career disruption.
- Investing in companies utilizing labor market data analytics to identify future jobs and skills is predicted to yield significant investment opportunities.
- Client demand for the firm creates an obligation to deliver risk-adjusted returns while ensuring impact authenticity.
- Climate change is perceived as an existential challenge driven by observable events in Australia, California, and unique rain events in the United States.
- Investment strategies and corporate operations must look beyond current laws to anticipate global trajectories.
- Since 2015, almost every global election has been won by an insurgent force or leader representing change.
- The current election is likely to be decided by 300,000 to 400,000 voters across seven states.
- Election outcomes will be determined by volatile voters, specifically suburban voters and core Democratic Party voters in the more populous Upper Midwest.
- Political campaign success metrics must shift to prioritize signals like yard signs and social media followers over cash on hand to reflect where people obtain information.
- Industrial revolutions drive political revolutions that create anxiety and fuel populism.
- The impact of social media and the internet is compared to the invention of the printing press, diminishing institutional credibility and reinforcing populism.
- Significant demographic changes in the United States and Europe are expected to continue combining with rising populism.