CorpGov is pleased to provide complete video coverage of the inaugural Princeton CorpGov Forum held on May 22, 2025, at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. The event featured over a hundred institutional investors, corporate executives, and Princeton alumni/students in an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking.

Investing and Operating Amid Geopolitical Tensions Panel

• Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity

• John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia

• Zachary Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP

• John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)

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Speakers and Notable Attendees

Tad Smith ’87, Senior Partner 1Roundtable Partners (1RT) and 10T Holdings (10T); Former CEO of NYSE-listed Sotheby’s and The Madison Square Garden Company

James Ruddy ‘90, Former CEO, Sabre Industries, Inc., acquired by Blackstone

Jeff Swartz ’90, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Hundredwatt Labs

John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia

Soo Kim ’97, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Standard General, and Chairman of the Board, Bally’s Corp

Michael Weiksner ’95, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, DragonGC

Francisco J. Morales Barrón, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.

Kent Collier, Founder and CEO, Octus

Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Stifel

Ryan Flanagan, Managing Director, Investor Relations, ICR

Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield

Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity

Ryan Keating, Partner, Eisner Advisory Group

Neil Keegan, CEO and Co-Founder, Marlinspike Partners​

Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg LP

Josh Kosman, Business Reporter, New York Post

Kenneth Mantel, Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange

Joseph Quintilian, Partner, Distributed Capital Partners, and co-founder, Ajna Labs LLC

Zachary Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Alan Wink, Managing Director, Eisner Advisory Group

Heath Winter, Partner, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Engagement, Longacre Square Partners

Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov  (Moderator)

John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)