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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: evaluation
18 May 2026 Acquired Vanguard
“Now, up until this point in time in the history of American financial organizations, that's a footnote, right? That doesn't matter.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 18 May 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Vanguard
Transcript context
…Now, here's the thing: Wellington Management Company and the actual Wellington Fund—and at this point in time, funds, they had several funds—are technically separate legal entities. So Jack was CEO of Wellington Management Company. He was also the chairman of each of the individual funds, which collectively had their own separate board of directors for the funds. There was one board of directors that represented all the funds, and Jack is chairman of that board of directors. Now, up until this point in time in the history of American financial organizations, that's a footnote, right? That doesn't matter. That's a legal technicality.…
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