{"id":283747,"date":"2025-06-09T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/private-equity-podcast-the-father-of-private-equity-on-record-with-jonathan-blake\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:19:45","slug":"private-equity-podcast-the-father-of-private-equity-on-record-with-jonathan-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=283747","title":{"rendered":"Private Equity Podcast | The father of private equity. On record, with Jonathan Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/825620905?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;autoplay=0&amp;dnt=0&amp;muted=0&amp;texttrack=\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herbertsmithfreehills.com\/our-people\/jonathan-blake\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Blake<\/a>\u00a0is head of international funds strategy at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.herbertsmithfreehills.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Herbert Smith Freehills<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Jonathan was responsible for devising the very first limited partnerships for venture capital and private equity in the UK and Europe, and was responsible for convincing the British government that these closed-ended funds were a legitimate structure and valuable business for the economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is also responsible for four decades of carried interest being taxed as capital gains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This podcast with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linearb.media\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Linear B Group<\/a>\u2018s Ross Butler is the untold story of the birth of European private equity by the lawyer who was at the table and holding the pen when it all began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this Fund Shack private equity podcast, Jonathan recounts his journey, which began in the early \u201980s when he joined a startup firm called SJ Berwin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His career took a turn when he was tasked with understanding and structuring a venture capital fund. 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