Entrepreneurship, PE & Poker: Insights for MBAs and Founders

Today we welcome two guests - both senior alumni and seasoned entrepreneurs - to share their stories:
--- Balazs Fogoly (Professor B) (  / fogoly  )
--- JJ Chai (   / jjchai  )

Short Bios:
Balazs Fogoly (Professor B) is the Co-Founder and Chief Play Officer of Ember Associates, and a former banker. He designs and facilitates leadership workshops that use live poker simulations to help executives sharpen decision-making, solve complex problems, and perform under pressure. Balazs also teaches in custom INSEAD Executive Education programs and works with senior teams across industries worldwide.

JJ Chai is the co-founder and CEO of Rainforest. Rainforest is a house-of-brands startup in the parenting and kids category. Rainforest buys and operates brands. Prior to founding Rainforest, JJ held senior roles at Carousell and Airbnb, scaling the companies across Asia. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. JJ is also an active angel investor, with over 40 investments in companies like Intellect, Mito Health, Propertyscout, Gozayaan and Heymax.





Professor Zeisberger has over 30 years of experience as a finance professional with deep expertise in private equity and venture capital, corporate venturing, and risk management.
As a Professor at INSEAD, the business school with campuses in Singapore, France, UAE and the US, she is a global citizen and award-winning author as well as an angel investor. She is a former member of KKR’s Sustainable Expert Advisory Committee (SEAC) and sits on the Advisory Boards of Standard Chartered Ventures, Linzor Capital, BG Ventures and KaizenVest. Passionate about the future of education, she acts as a volunteer board advisor to Girl Rising, a non-profit focused on girls' education and empowerment.

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