Conversations about business building — without the pretense
It's Not Magic is a podcast that gets right to the useful stuff. We talk to founders and industry leaders and get them to explain, in plain English, what they do and how they do it.
Building a business is a lot of things, but…It’s Not Magic.
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Meet the Host
David Stiepleman is a Co-Founding Partner and Co-President of Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm with over $75 billion in assets under management.
David has been a cross-border corporate lawyer, senior executive, and business builder for over 25 years, starting and running businesses and representing clients globally. He recently helped lead Sixth Street’s record-breaking investment in Bay FC, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise representing the San Francisco Bay Area. David serves as a Director of Bay FC and of Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX), a publicly traded business development company.
David is a Founding LP and strategic advisor to Westbound Equity Partners, an early-stage investment platform deploying financial and social capital to underrepresented founders of color. He teaches private investment funds law at UC San Francisco Law School (formerly UC Hastings) and is a Writing Tutor at Mt. Tamalpais College, an accredited liberal arts college inside San Quentin State Prison where he also serves on the college’s Advisory Council.
David hosts It’s Not Magic, a Sixth Street podcast, and recently co-authored a series of articles exploring how the advancement of generative AI will change the practice of law.