Mike Batal

Mike was responsible from 2006 through 2023 for the private equity and venture capital portfolio of Kemnay, which advised the Parker family and the Oak Foundation. He also sat on Kemnay’s Management Committee which oversaw Kemnay’s overall investment activities that included public markets, real estate, and other real assets. Prior joining Kemnay, Mike was the Managing Partner of Rho Private Equity, a private equity investment firm whose limited partners consisted entirely of single family offices. Prior to Rho, Mike was a Partner and Senior Vice President of Citigroup Private Equity. Prior to working with Citigroup, Mike was a Partner of BT Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Bankers Trust Company. He has experience as a private equity GP, a private equity LP, an investment banker, and a commercial banker. Mike graduated from Bowdoin College in 1982 with a B.A. in Economics and from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1987 with an MBA in Finance.