michael chu

T2 · manager / operator

Built L Catterton from a boutique investor into the world's largest consumer-focused private equity firm with over $35 billion AUM across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Backed iconic brands including Restoration Hardware, Birkenstock, Equinox, Peloton, and Vitamin Water. Pioneer in applying behavioral economics to consumer investing.

1 call·1 name·100% bull·last heard 11 months ago·Generating Alpha Podcast
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Chu details Birkenstock investment thesis: vertically integrated health/wellness brand with emotional consumer connection

Birkenstock is a unique 'end of one' brand with 250-year history, vertically integrated with great margins, huge TAM, and consumers buy on emotional health/wellness connection rather than utility.

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HIGHmichael chu·Generating Alpha Podcast·11 months ago· position
Chu details Birkenstock investment thesis: vertically integrated health/wellness brand with emotional consumer connection
Birkenstock is a unique 'end of one' brand with 250-year history, vertically integrated with great margins, huge TAM, and consumers buy on emotional health/wellness connection rather than utility.
"it was a classic situation where it was familyowned for eight generations. Never took uh there was never a person on the capital shareholding registry that last name didn't start…"
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